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Table 9 Pearson’s correlationsa between gut variables and bacterial populations for 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

Gut variable

Microbiotab

Pearson (r)

Adjusted P

Salmonella trial

 IEL

candidate Barnesiellaceae

0.698

0.055

 IEL

candidate Odoribacteraceae

0.694

0.057

 IEL

Odoribacter

0.694

0.057

 IEL

Enterobacteriaceae

0.686

0.065

 Valeric acid

Clostridiaceae

-0.782

0.011

ETEC F4 trial

 Valeric acid

Megasphaera

0.837

0.005

 Valeric acid

Veillonellaceae

0.784

0.023

  1. IEL Intraepithelial lymphocytes in the ileal villus
  2. aCorrelations considered: r > 0.5 and adjusted P < 0.10
  3. bMicrobial populations identified by high-throughput sequencing (HTS)