Fig. 1From: Supplementing the early diet of broilers with soy protein concentrate can improve intestinal development and enhance short-chain fatty acid-producing microbes and short-chain fatty acids, especially butyric acidEffects of SPC supplementation in the starter diet on intestinal development of broilers. The values in the histogram are the means ± SEM (n = 8), *P < 0.05. Control = control group; SPC12 = supplementation with 12% SPC to the starter diet group; A Gut weight at 10 d; B Gut weight at 42 d; C Gut length at 10 d; D Gut length at 42; E Relative gut weight at 10 d; F Relative gut weight at 42 d; G Relative gut length at 10 d; H Relative gut length at 42Back to article page