Table 5.
Supplement folate level, mg/kg | |||||||
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Items | 0 | 3 | 9 | 18 | SEM | P-value | |
Cecum | AA | 3.45a | 4.37ab | 5.32b | 4.82b | 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 | 0.13b | 0.20ab | 0.23a | 0.24a | 0.02 | 0.06 | |
BA | 0.74b | 1.22ab | 1.24ab | 1.47b | 0.11 | 0.10 | |
IVA | 0.22b | 0.32ab | 0.43a | 0.41a | 0.03 | 0.06 | |
VA | 0.16b | 0.27ab | 0.33ab | 0.43a | 0.04 | 0.04 | |
Acetic: propionic acid ratio | 1.91a | 1.27b | 2.07a | 1.73ab | 0.11 | 0.07 | |
Total SCFAs | 6.12b | 7.03ab | 8.33ab | 8.92a | 0.46 | 0.12 |
1 n = 7.
a,bValues in the same row with different superscript letters are significantly different (P < 0.05).