Table 4.
Effect of dietary supplementation with tributyrinin combination with different essential oils on pH value of the gastrointestine of weaned pigs.
| Items | Con 1 | AB 1 | OT 1 | MT 1 | SEM 2 | p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stomach | 3.22 | 3.29 | 2.82 | 2.66 | 0.349 | 0.614 |
| Duodenum | 5.84 | 5.02 | 4.82 | 4.53 | 0.355 | 0.103 |
| Jejunum | 6.53 | 6.22 | 6.07 | 6.13 | 0.137 | 0.143 |
| Ileum | 6.56 a | 6.19 a,b | 6.38 a | 5.63 b | 0.160 | 0.006 |
| Colon | 5.81 | 5.68 | 5.83 | 5.82 | 0.134 | 0.861 |
| Cecum | 5.73 | 5.60 | 5.81 | 5.70 | 0.090 | 0.497 |
1 Con, the basal diet without antibiotics, tributyrin, oregano or methyl salicylate; AB diet, the basal diets supplemented with an antibiotic compound, which provides the diet with 120 mg oxytetracycline-calcium and 16 mg enduracidin per kilogram; OT and MT diets, the basal diet supplemented with tributyrin plus oregano (1.4 g and 0.6 g per kilogram diet) and tributyrin plus methyl salicylate (1.4 g and 0.6 g per kilogram diet), respectively; 2 SEM, standard error of the mean; a,b Means without a common superscript letter differ (p < 0.05)(n = 6).