. 2021 Jan 21;99(1):skab015. doi: 10.1093/jas/skab015

Table 5.

SCFAs concentration (mg/g fresh content) in the cecum and colon of weanling piglets fed different dietary concentrations of folate¹

		Supplement folate level, mg/kg
Items		0	3	9	18	SEM	P-value
Cecum	AA	3.45^a	4.37^ab	5.32^b	4.82^b	0.24	0.03
	Propionic acid	2.32	2.61	3.00	3.10	0.18	0.38
	IBA	0.08	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.01	0.43
	BA	0.83	0.93	1.14	1.09	0.10	0.67
	IVA	0.08	0.11	0.11	0.12	0.01	0.50
	VA	0.13	0.16	0.17	0.23	0.02	0.22
	Acetic: propionic acid ratio	1.70	1.77	1.81	1.56	0.07	0.68
	Total SCFAs	6.89	8.28	9.84	9.46	0.49	0.12
Colon	AA	3.15	2.55	4.08	4.01	0.27	0.14
	Propionic acid	1.72	2.47	2.01	2.36	0.15	0.29
	IBA	0.13^b	0.20^ab	0.23^a	0.24^a	0.02	0.06
	BA	0.74^b	1.22^ab	1.24^ab	1.47^b	0.11	0.10
	IVA	0.22^b	0.32^ab	0.43^a	0.41^a	0.03	0.06
	VA	0.16^b	0.27^ab	0.33^ab	0.43^a	0.04	0.04
	Acetic: propionic acid ratio	1.91^a	1.27^b	2.07^a	1.73^ab	0.11	0.07
	Total SCFAs	6.12^b	7.03^ab	8.33^ab	8.92^a	0.46	0.12

¹ n = 7.

^a,bValues in the same row with different superscript letters are significantly different (P < 0.05).