Table 6.

Least squares means of total and single volatile fatty acid (VFA) concentrations in cecal digesta of broiler chickens fed diets with DON and mycotoxin deactivator (B) and with or without oral LPS challenge 1 d before sampling¹

	No LPS				LPS					P-values
Item, µmol/g	CON	CON-B	DON	DON-B	CON	CON-B	DON	DON-B	SEM	DON	B	LPS	DON × B	DON × LPS	B × LPS	DON × B × LPS
Total VFA	138.4	157.1	131.1	141.8	150.8	149.1	140.0	137.7	9.67	0.106	0.352	0.738	0.755	0.989	0.226	0.786
Acetate	108.5	127.9	106.1	114.9	123.5	120.3	112.0	111.1	8.05	0.118	0.295	0.679	0.720	0.813	0.158	0.573
Propionate	6.4	5.8	5.5	5.3	6.2	6.4	4.8	5.5	0.76	0.092	0.983	0.945	0.685	0.660	0.443	0.906
Butyrate	20.7	21.0	17.3	19.0	18.4	19.7	21.3	18.9	1.62	0.474	0.834	0.973	0.596	0.110	0.502	0.258
Isobutyrate	0.97	1.25	0.84	1.04	1.08	1.32	1.03	0.99	0.35	0.463	0.492	0.746	0.726	0.969	0.769	0.834
Valerate	0.97	0.72	0.64	0.79	0.98	0.84	0.44	0.80	0.16	0.057	0.777	0.897	0.045	0.472	0.475	0.801
Isovalerate	0.79	0.38	0.59	0.64	0.56	0.51	0.37	0.52	0.10	0.626	0.342	0.116	0.019	0.395	0.098	0.345
Caproate	0.10	0.06	0.09	0.11	0.05	0.10	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.864	0.863	0.366	0.934	0.516	0.637	0.343

¹CON, control diet. Values are least square means and pooled SEM; n = 10.