. 2022 Mar 19;100(4):skac087. doi: 10.1093/jas/skac087

Table 2.

Contents of cecal short-chain fatty acids and lactate in laying hens fed diets supplemented with different doses of incomplete degradation products of galactomannan

Organic acid	IDPG level, %				SEM	P-value
Organic acid	0	0.1	0.025	0.05	SEM	P-value
Lactate, mg/g cecum	2.56	0.68	2.10	1.26	0.40	0.114
Acetate, mg/g cecum	22.09	17.49	20.17	21.09	1.17	0.172
Propionate, mg/g cecum	1.92^b	2.18^b	3.59^a	3.99^a	0.43	0.001
Butyrate, mg/g cecum	6.46	6.20	6.91	7.75	0.36	0.276
Total SCFA, mg/g cecum	30.47^a	25.88^b	30.67^a	32.84^a	1.69	0.006

Different superscript letters in the same row differ significantly (P < 0.05).