. 2022 Jan 12;8:808106. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.808106

Table 5.

Effect of common EOs and MEEO on SCFAs contents in the colon of weaning piglets.

Item	Groups¹						SEM²	P-Value
	Con	CTC	LEO	HEO	LMEEO	HMEEO
Acetate (μg/g)	82.96^ab	81.71^b	82.56^b	83.78^ab	86.29^ab	95.66^a	1.36	0.042
Propionate(μg/g)	116.89	118.47	120.95	106.71	113.20	119.57	2.81	0.739
Butyrate (μg/g)	68.59	63.42	67.82	62.59	62.10	66.70	2.05	0.912
Valerate (μg/g)	21.02	18.41	16.69	22.05	19.42	16.75	0.87	0.361

^{a, b}

Values with different letters were significantly different (P < 0.05).

Con, basal diet; CTC, basal diet supplemented with 75 mg/kg chlortetracycline; LEO, basal diet supplemented with 100 mg/kg common EOs; HEO, basal diet supplemented with 500 mg/kg common EOs; LMEEO, basal diet supplemented with 100 mg/kg MEEOs; HMEEO, basal diet supplemented with 500 mg/kg MEEOs.

SEM means standard error of the means (n = 8).