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Table 7 Effects of the experimental diets on intestinal fermentation parameters in the Salmonella and ETEC F4 trials

From: Efficacy of medium-chain fatty acid salts distilled from coconut oil against two enteric pathogen challenges in weanling piglets

Items

Salmonella Trial

ETEC F4 Trial

CTR

DIC

RSE

P

CTR

DIC

RSE

P

Ileum digesta

 pH

  4 PI

7.20

7.00

0.228

0.111

6.81

6.80

0.208

0.891

  8 PI

7.37

7.34

0.190

0.786

6.86

6.77

0.195

0.346

 NH3, μmol/g

  4 PI

4.4

2.0

2.77

0.113

0.6

1.4

1.91

0.431

  8 PI

14.6

19.1

8.89

0.326

1.0

1.1

0.39

0.752

 Lactic acid, μmol/g

  4 PI

10.5

29.8

29.17

0.207

23.2

27.7

18.91

0.652

  8 PI

41.8

23.4

27.09

0.196

19.1

36.0

25.73

0.209

Colon digesta

 pH

  4 PI

6.93

6.70

0.274

0.137

6.26

6.37

0.238

0.360

  8 PI

7.07

7.04

0.156

0.671

5.97

6.07

0.266

0.464

 NH3, μmol/g

  4 PI

32.5

24.4

19.94

0.431

10.7

10.8

5.821

0.969

  8 PI

57.3

39.1

25.86

0.18

18.5

17.6

6.763

0.801

 Total SCFA, μmol/g

  4 PI

98

88

37.1

0.613

107

102

21.5

0.606

  8 PI

147

136

17.6

0.244

155

163

21.5

0.461

 Acetic acid, %

  4 PI

55.8

55.2

8.22

0.892

60.5

60.1

6.01

0.907

  8 PI

56.0

54.2

7.37

0.629

61.3

60.2

4.06

0.573

 Propionic acid, %

  4 PI

26.6

24.6

3.86

0.317

22.5

24.7

5.91

0.479

  8 PI

21.7

25.9

6.52

0.218

22.6

23.1

3.32

0.778

 Butyric acid, %

  4 PI

12.9

14.3

6.01

0.649

12.6

11.2

3.78

0.492

  8 PI

17.0

15.3

3.61

0.373

13.5

12.7

2.09

0.452

 Valeric acid, %

  4 PI

2.65

4.10

1.804

0.118

2.73

2.55

1.327

0.802

  8 PI

4.10

3.53

1.467

0.456

1.59

2.84

1.056

0.033

 BCFA, %

  4 PI

2.16

1.83

1.186

0.586

1.68

1.37

0.774

0.465

  8 PI

1.27

1.11

0.531

0.566

0.95

1.21

0.365

0.176

  1. BCFA Branched-chain fatty acids, PI Post-inoculation day, RSE Residual standard error, SCFA Short-chain fatty acids
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