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Table 4.

Colonic pH values, ammonia concentration and fermentation products for d 4 and 8 post-inoculation (PI)

Item	Days PI	Treatment¹			SEM²	P-value
Item	Days PI	CON	PRO	BUT	SEM²	P-value
pH	4	5.89	6.13	6.09	0.120	0.327
pH	8	6.04	5.90	6.01	0.086	0.478
NH_3,mM	4	19.5	19.8	19.4	1.99	0.990
NH_3,mM	8	55.2	46.2	50.9	4.93	0.447
Lactic Acid, mmol/kg	4	7.45	4.64	0.99	2.458	0.225
Lactic Acid, mmol/kg	8	1.75	2.49	0.94	0.904	0.492
Total VFA, mmol/kg	4	119.3	104.4	119.2	8.71	0.405
Total VFA, mmol/kg	8	129.6	115.8	129.4	7.85	0.381

Treatments: CON, plain diet without additives; PRO, plain diet supplemented with 1 kg/t of Proporc (10⁹ cfu/kg of feed of Bacillus licheniformis); BUT, plain diet supplemented with 3 kg/t of Gustor BP70 (2.1g of partially protected sodium butyrate salt/kg of feed).

Pooled SEM; n = 8/treatment.