|
Items
|
Treatments
|
P-value
|
|---|
|
1.0 DF
|
1.5 DF
|
1.75 DF
|
2.0 DF
|
Linear
|
Quadratic
|
|---|
|
1Faeces at 30 d of experiment
|
|
Acetate
|
40.1 ± 2.6b
|
41.5 ± 2.9b
|
47.6 ± 1.7ab
|
51.4 ± 2.7a
|
0.002
|
0.231
|
|
Propionate
|
14.2 ± 1.6b
|
15.5 ± 1.4ab
|
19.2 ± 0.8a
|
19.4 ± 1.1a
|
0.003
|
0.709
|
|
Butyrate
|
8.4 ± 0.8
|
9.8 ± 1.2
|
11.4 ± 1.1
|
12.1 ± 0.7
|
0.010
|
0.843
|
|
2Chyme in colon at 19 d of the 2nd oestrous cycle
|
|
Acetate
|
58.9 ± 2.9
|
56.8 ± 4.8
|
63.7 ± 3.0
|
62.6 ± 3.0
|
0.324
|
0.604
|
|
Propionate
|
25.8 ± 1.1
|
24.8 ± 1.9
|
29.8 ± 1.2
|
31.8 ± 3.5
|
0.046
|
0.218
|
|
Butyrate
|
11.6 ± 0.4b
|
12.5 ± 1.3ab
|
13.1 ± 0.8ab
|
15.4 ± 1.0a
|
0.012
|
0.263
|
- Faeces tested at 30 d of the experiment, n = 8; Chyme colon data, n = 6; Data are expressed as means ± S.E.; DF, dietary fiber; Means with different letters a,b denote P < 0.05
