Table 7.

Effect of AMC water on the gastrointestinal pH value of weaned piglets¹

Item	Con	AMC	SD	P-value
Digestive tract pH
Stomach	2.62	2.74	0.56	0.796
Duodenum	5.41	6.10	0.72	0.259
Jejunum	6.20	6.56	0.25	0.067
Ileum	6.86	6.92	0.20	0.625
Cecum	6.41	6.25	0.31	0.407
Colon	6.28	6.30	0.27	0.921

Statistical significance was determined using Student’s t-tests to compare differences between two groups (N = 6); Data are presented as the mean and SD.

Means in a row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).

Means in a row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.01).