Effects of dietary Clostridium butyricum supplementation on growth performance, intestinal development, and immune response of weaned piglets challenged with lipopolysaccharide

Table 8 Effect of C. butyricum (CB) supplementation on SCFA concentrations in colonic and cecal content of weaned pigs challenged with LPS^a

Items	–LPS		+LPS		SEM	P-value
Items	CON	CB	CON	CB	SEM	CB	LPS	CB × LPS
Colonic content, μmol/g
Acetate	35.58	33.27	30.24	29.14	1.357	0.537	0.096	0.824
Propionic acid	20.28	16.38	16.97	16.41	0.808	0.182	0.322	0.313
Butyric acid	7.09	7.79	6.80	5.83	0.419	0.874	0.195	0.334

^aCON, piglets fed the basal diet; CB, piglets fed the basal diet supplemented with 0.4% C. butyricum preparation; −LPS, piglets not challenged with LPS; +LPS, piglets challenged with LPS

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