Effect of sialyllactose on growth performance and intestinal epithelium functions in weaned pigs challenged by enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli

Table 6 Effect of SL supplementation on caecal microbial populations and its products in weaned pigs upon ETEC challenge

Items	Treatments				SEM	P-value
Items	CON	CSL	ECON	ESL		SL	ETEC	Interaction
microbial populations, lg (copies/g)
Total bacteria	11.81	11.99	11.66	12.03	0.16	0.43	0.88	0.79
Lactobacillus	7.89^bc	9.23^a	7.37^c	9.11^a	0.28	<0.01	0.46	0.65
Escherichia coli	7.73^b	7.43^b	9.67^a	8.42^b	0.27	0.05	<0.01	0.21
Bifidobacterium	6.16^bc	7.00^a	5.85^c	6.58^a	0.15	<0.01	0.16	0.84
Bacillus	5.75^b	6.63^a	5.71^b	6.57^a	0.16	<0.01	0.84	0.96
VFA, μg/g
Acetic acid	3349.31^a	3669.06^a	2504.41^b	3417.64^a	133.74	0.01	0.02	0.18
Propanoic acid	1987.11^a	2103.38^a	1358.17^b	2082.78^a	97.30	0.01	0.05	0.06
Butyric acid	649.89^b	1150.57^a	601.12^b	1097.03^a	90.68	<0.01	0.71	0.99

VFA volatile fatty acids
¹Mean and total SEM are list in Separate columns, n = 8
²a, b, c mean values within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different, P < 0.05
³CON, pigs were fed with a basal diet; CSL, pigs were fed with a SL containing diet, 5 g/kg; ECON, pigs were fed with a basal diet and challenged by ETEC; ESL, pigs were fed with a SL containing diet and challenged by ETEC

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