Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Table 4 In vitro fermentation metabolites of starchy and fibrous feedstuffs, mmol/g of sample incubated

From: Starchy and fibrous feedstuffs differ in their in vitro digestibility and fermentation characteristics and differently modulate gut microbiota of swine

Variable	OSP¹	Yam	Taro	WMR²	BBG³	MNC⁴	SEM	P-value
Acetate	12.74^a	13.12^a	12.79^a	10.29^ab	7.57^c	6.27^c	1.197	<0.0001
Propionate	7.89^a	7.59^a	8.75^a	5.21^ab	3.71^b	3.56^b	0.832	<0.0001
Butyrate	3.19^a	3.37^a	2.92^a	2.17^ab	1.24^b	0.97^b	0.37	<0.0001
BCFA⁵	0.54	0.79	0.78	0.69	0.53	0.47	0.098	0.072
Total SCFA⁶	23.44^a	24.87^a	25.25^a	18.36^b	13.05^c	11.27^c	2.423	<0.0001

¹Okinawan sweet potato
²Wheat millrun
³Barley brewers grain
⁴Macadamia nut cake
⁵Branched-chain fatty acid
⁶Short chain fatty acid
^a,b,cMean values within a row with different superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.05)

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