Table 5.
Item, µmole/g DM | Treatment1 | SEM2 | |||
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CT | FP | FSE | SE | ||
Fecal pH | 6.0ab | 5.8ab | 5.8b | 6.1a | 0.09 |
Total short-chain fatty acids | 341.6b | 497.0a | 487.5a | 311.0b | 33.49 |
Acetate | 205.5b | 327.0a | 332.9a | 195.9b | 19.99 |
Propionate | 100.8ab | 126.3a | 130.5a | 81.1b | 9.56 |
Butyrate | 35.3 | 36.8 | 39.2 | 34.1 | 4.27 |
Total branched-chain fatty acids | 18.1 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.4 | 1.56 |
Isobutyrate | 7.6a | 5.5b | 5.3b | 5.6b | 0.51 |
Isovalerate | 11.2a | 8.3b | 8.0b | 8.2b | 0.80 |
Valerate | 0.6xy | 0.7x | 0.7xy | 0.5y | 0.09 |
Ammonia | 131.2a | 98.1b | 108.3b | 105.3b | 8.03 |
Phenols and Indoles | |||||
Total Phenols/Indoles | 3.6a | 1.9b | 1.9b | 2.1b | 0.36 |
Phenol | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.34 |
Indole | 2.4a | 1.5b | 1.5b | 1.5b | 0.19 |
1CT = Control; FP = fiber and prebiotic blend; SE = saccharin and eugenol additive; FSE = fiber and prebiotic blend + saccharin and eugenol additive.
2Standard error of the mean.
a,b Superscripts with different letters in a row represent statistical differences (P < 0.05).
x,ySuperscripts with different letters in a row represent trending differences (0.06 < P < 0.10).