Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Table 6 Effects of in ovo injection of oligosaccharides on cecal short-chain fatty acids (mmol/kg wet digesta) in broilers at d 28 post-hatch

From: Effects of in ovo delivered xylo- and mannan- oligosaccharides on growth performance, intestinal immunity, cecal short-chain fatty acids, and cecal microbiota of broilers

	Treatments
Variables	NSC	XOS3	XOS4	MOS3	MOS4	NIC	SEM (n = 5)	P-value
Acetate	51.4^b	68.1^a	61.5^ab	58.9^ab	57.8^ab	51.0^b	3.50	0.019
Propionate	5.9	6.4	6.2	5.9	6.1	6.9	1.34	0.995
Butyrate	6.2^b	11.1^a	8.8^ab	6.1^b	7.0^b	7.1^b	0.92	0.006
Total SCFA	66.1^b	88.3^a	79.5^ab	73.3^ab	73.5^ab	67.8^b	4.31	0.015

NSC normal saline, XOS3 xylotriose, XOS4 xylotetraose, MOS3 mannotriose, MOS4 mannotetraose, NIC no injection control
^a-bWithin rows for variables, means without a common superscript differ (P < 0.05)

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