TABLE 10.
Short-chain fatty acid concentrations in cecal digesta from chickens that received a normal diet or a diet supplemented with 1 g berberine/kg feed for 12 or 21 days posthatcha
| Day 12 |
Day 21 |
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| SCFA | Control | BBR | P value | Control | BBR | P value |
| Acetate | 50.25 ± 12.04 | 40.36 ± 14.13 | 0.2831 | 58.86 ± 19.54 | 60.87 ± 15.55 | 0.8638 |
| Propionate | 2.36 ± 0.79 | 1.51 ± 1.50 | 0.4116 | 2.40 ± 1.08 | 2.70 ± 1.43 | 0.7279 |
| Butyrate | 11.39 ± 4.05 | 5.96 ± 0.63 | 0.0882 | 20.94 ± 9.29 | 12.94 ± 2.52 | 0.0817 |
| Isobutyrate | 0.14 ± 0.22 | 0.02 ± 0.05 | 0.3970 | 0.13 ± 0.14 | 0.16 ± 0.32 | 0.8580 |
| Valerate | 0.17 ± 0.32 | 0.06 ± 0.15 | 1.0000 | 0.30 ± 0.18 | 0.13 ± 0.08 | 0.2215 |
| Isovalerate | 0.16 ± 0.20 | 0.03 ± 0.06 | 1.0000 | 0.13 ± 0.13 | 0.07 ± 0.12 | 0.4420 |
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Data are expressed as the mean short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) concentration (μmol/g digesta) ± standard deviation. Normal diet (Control group), n = 6; 1 g berberine/kg-supplemented diet (BBR group), n = 6.