Lignocellulose as an insoluble fiber source in poultry nutrition: a review

Table 4 Impact of dietary lignocellulose on the concentration of intestinal short chain fatty acids (SCFA)

Species	Feed¹	Part²	LC inclusion³, %	Unit	Total SCFA	Acetate	Propionate	Butyrate	Reference
Broiler	1	Ile	0	μmol/g	53^b	9.16^bc	3.78^b	4.54	[27]
			0.25		61.1^ab	7.16^c	9.72^ab	5.22
			0.5		86.3^a	20^a	17.4^a	5.33
			1		69.6^ab	18.3^ab	9.18^ab	4.54
Broiler	1	Cec	0	μmol/g	124^b	29.3	22.0	6.70	[27]
			0.25		150^ab	30.1	25	6.58
			0.5		162^a	32.8	26.1	6.36
			1		129^b	26	23.8	5.79
Broiler	1	Cec	0	μmol/g	126	101	5.98	17.8^a	[22]
			0.8⁴		127	104	4.92	17.0^a
			0.8⁴		119	99	5.28	13.1^b
Broiler	2	Cec	0	mmol/L		5.20	1.82	0.80	[86]
			2			4.28	1.30	0.64
			4			4.09	1.50	0.58
Broiler	2	Cec	0.8	μmol/g	56.8^a	38.1	8.89^a	8.45^a	[25]
			5		58.2^a	39.1	9.83^a	8.04^a
			10		44.9^b	33.9	4.82^b	5.17^b
Laying hen	1	Cec	0	mmol/100 g		2.42^b	0.62^b	0.19^b	[35]
			1			4.07^a	0.96^a	0.28^a
			2			3.01^b	0.72^b	0.20^b
Laying hen	1	Cec	0	μmol/g	47.5^a	37.5^a	3.79^a	4.83	[70]
Laying hen	1	Cec	10	μmol/g	29.2^b	23.2^b	2.19^b	2.89	[70]

¹ Feed formulation according to Fig. 1; ² Intestinal part, Ile = Ileum, Cec = Cecum; ³ Information on the LC product used, if specified, is given in additional file 1; ⁴Two different lignocellulose products were compared; ^a,b,c Means with different superscripts are significantly different

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