TABLE 1.
Quantitation of short-chain fatty acids in cecal contents.
| Items | Acetate | Propionic acid | Isobutyric acid | Butyric acid | Isovaleric acid | Pentanoic acid | Total VFA | |
| S1-CON | 99.12ab | 42.7 | 2.03a | 18.55ab | 2.35ab | 2.98bc | 167.73ab | |
| S1-AO | 93.33ab | 44.86 | 1.84ab | 18.23ab | 2.14abc | 3.01bc | 163.40ab | |
| S1-LR | 90.15ab | 46.07 | 1.89a | 14.63b | 2.44a | 2.98bc | 158.15ab | |
| S2-CON | 111.70a | 53.28 | 1.84ab | 25.76a | 2.52a | 5.37a | 200.46a | |
| S2-AO | 97.89ab | 47.54 | 2.09a | 22.30ab | 2.76a | 4.73ab | 177.31ab | |
| S2-LR | 98.34ab | 51.6 | 2.10a | 20.60ab | 2.73a | 6.30a | 181.66ab | |
| S3-CON | 74.80b | 40.87 | 1.00c | 15.30b | 1.19c | 3.21bc | 136.37b | |
| S3-AO | 82.83b | 40.79 | 1.07c | 15.53b | 1.28c | 2.31c | 143.81b | |
| S3-LR | 80.40b | 42.31 | 1.13bc | 13.86b | 1.44bc | 2.87bc | 142.02b | |
| SEM | 3.15 | 1.79 | 0.09 | 1.09 | 0.12 | 0.39 | 5.51 | |
| P-valve | F | 0.465 | 0.824 | 0.657 | 0.168 | 0.464 | 0.771 | 0.555 |
| D | 0.007 | 0.092 | 0.001 | 0.006 | 0.001 | 0001 | 0.002 | |
| F*D | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
a,b,cMeans lacking common superscript letter indicated significant differences (P < 0.05) within a row.