Table 4 Effect of diet, cellulose level and interaction between them on statistically significant variables

Ileum villus height/crypt depth ratio

0.3171

0.0241

0.0261

0.4811

0.0671

Small intestine weight

0.5009

<0.001

<0.001

0.0340

0.0809

Small intestine viscosity

0.4248

0.0014

<0.001

0.8947

0.5104

Small intestine acetic acid

0.6008

<0.001

<0.001

0.3130

0.0121

Small intestine butyric acid

0.5216

<0.001

<0.001

0.8288

0.8143

Small intestine putrefactive fatty acid short chain

0.3338

0.0161

0.0014

0.9783

0.7377

Small intestine short chain fatty acid

0.5861

<0.001

<0.001

0.3366

0.0154

Small intestine α-glucosidase total activity

0.6390

<0.001

<0.001

0.1815

0.0012

Ceca weight

0.3519

0.0104

0.0048

0.7865

0.1037

Ceca ammonia

0.4699

0.0004

0.0003

0.1003

0.0516

Ceca acetic acid

0.4771

0.0003

0.0013

0.7840

0.0021

Ceca propionic acid

0.5793

<0.001

<0.001

0.1584

0.5162

Ceca isobutyric acid

0.1838

0.2817

0.4120

0.5329

0.1467

Ceca butyric acid

0.5742

<0.001

<0.001

0.7707

0.0048

Ceca isovaleric acid

0.6172

<0.001

<0.001

0.6384

0.0295

Ceca putrefactive fatty acid short chain

0.3856

0.0044

0.0036

0.3433

0.0544

Ceca short fatty acid chain

0.4559

0.0006

0.0023

0.7325

0.0033

Ceca α-glucosidase total activity

0.5195

<0.001

0.0003

0.2658

0.0019

Ceca α-glucosidase release rate

0.3547

0.0097

0.0026

0.0750

0.6231

Ceca α-galactosidase total activity

0.3892

0.0039

0.0051

0.7102

0.0240

Ceca β-galactosidase release rate

0.333

0.016

0.128

0.012

0.087

Ceca β-glucuronidase release rate

0.4048

0.0026

0.0029

0.1564

0.0486

Ceca xilase total activity

0.3123

0.0263

0.0183

0.1712

0.1906

Ceca xilase release rate

0.3877

0.0041

0.0006

0.0632

0.9717