Fig. 2From: Rosemary extract improves egg quality by altering gut barrier function, intestinal microbiota and oviductal gene expressions in late-phase laying hensEffects of rosemary extract on compositional proportion and contents of cecal SCFA in laying hens. A SCFA compositional proportion. B SCFA contents. C Spearman correlation heatmap between cecal SCFA, egg quality, and serum parameters. CON, control; CTC, 50 mg/kg chlortetracycline; RE50, 50 mg/kg rosemary extract; RE100, 100 mg/kg rosemary extract; RE200, 200 mg/kg rosemary extract. Values are shown as mean ± SEM, n = 6. #0.05 ≤ P < 0.1; *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01Back to article page