. 2022 Apr 4;13:809139. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.809139

TABLE 1.

Effects of inulin addition on fecal lactate and short-chain fatty acids of subclinical mastitis (SCM) dairy cows.

	Groups (n = 8)
Items	Con	Inu_1	Inu_2	Inu_3	Inu_4	SEM	p-value
pH	7.03	6.80	6.91	6.73	6.75	0.025	0.086
LA, mmol/L	0.99	1.02	1.13	1.02	1.15	0.015	0.141
Acetate, mmol/L	58.7	58.0	60.7	62.4	60.6	0.350	0.134
Propionate, mmol/L	10.3^c	10.6^c	13.1^b	14.8^a	14.4^a	0.420	0.041
A/P	5.70	5.47	4.63	4.22	4.21	0.140	0.061
Butyrate, mmol/L	6.02^b	6.08^b	6.87^ab	7.92^a	7.64^a	0.174	0.047
Isobutyrate, mmol/L	0.7	0.75	0.74	0.82	0.76	0.009	0.855
Valerate, mmol/L	0.88	1.02	0.77	0.95	1.09	0.025	0.264
Isovalerate, mmol/L	0.51	0.59	0.58	0.57	0.6	0.007	0.736
TVFA, mmol/L	75.3	76.3	83.5	85.2	85.4	0.989	0.058

LA, lactic acid; A/P, the ratio of acetate to propionate; TVFA, total volatile fatty acids; Con, control group; Inu_1, inulin_1 group, the inulin addition level was 100 g/day per cow; Inu_2, inulin_2 group, the inulin addition level was 200 g/day per cow; Inu_3, inulin_3 group, the inulin addition level was 300 g/day per cow; Inu_4, inulin_4 group, the inulin addition level was 400 g/day per cow. ^a,b,cWithin a row, different letters differed significantly (p < 0.05).