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. 2021 May 28;11(6):1591. doi: 10.3390/ani11061591

Table 4.

Relative abundance of jejunal mucosa-associated microbiota at the phylum level in nursery pigs fed diets with increasing supplementation of functional oils.

Item Functional Oils, g/kg Feed 1 p-Value
0.00 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.50 SEM Linear Quadratic 0 vs. Others
Proteobacteria 73.50 59.22 52.26 68.31 60.16 6.12 0.313 0.205 0.009
Firmicutes 11.97 20.50 22.12 17.17 23.32 4.24 0.013 0.258 0.009
Bacteroidetes 8.16 8.57 11.99 11.83 14.37 2.14 0.012 0.304 0.050
Actinobacteria 2.96 7.52 3.55 2.72 3.31 1.43 0.272 0.657 0.305
Others 2 0.70 0.45 4.91 0.27 0.66 0.83 0.658 0.635 0.843
F:B 3 2.08 4.04 2.30 1.42 1.10 0.56 0.054 0.979 0.870

1 Five supplemental levels of functional oils (n = 40 total, n = 8 per supplemental level). Results showed as means presented as back-transformed estimates with a 95% confidence interval. 2 Representing the combined total of all <1% abundance. 3 Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes ratio.