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Table 5 The effects of dietary treatment on total concentrations of VFA in the caecum (least-square mean values ± SEM)

From: The effects of dietary supplementation with mushroom or selenium enriched mushroom powders on the growth performance and intestinal health of post-weaned pigs

VFA, mmol/L digesta

Dietary treatments1

SEM

P-value

Basal2

inSeMP2

orgSeMP2

  

VFA, mmol/L digesta

 Total

176.79

180.01

175.87

17.439

0.985

 Acetate

126.24

129.21

123.51

13.835

0.959

 Propionate

32.23

33.91

34.00

2.732

0.876

 Isobutyrate

0.69

0.51

0.50

0.098

0.333

 Butyate

14.62

14.36

16.03

2.140

0.839

 Isovalerate

1.27b

0.79a

0.64a

0.124

0.005

 Valerate

1.75

1.23

1.19

0.192

0.098

 Branched-chain VFA

3.71b

2.53a

2.33a

0.331

0.016

  1. InSeMP mushroom powder supplemented with inorganic selenium, orgSeMP mushroom powder enriched with organic selenium, VFA volatile fatty acids
  2. 1Dietary treatments: (1) Basal diet; (2) basal diet + inSeMP containing an inorganic selenium (selenite) content of 0.3 mg/kg feed and a β-glucan content of 650 mg/kg feed; (3) basal diet + orgSeMP containing an organic selenium (selenocysteine) content of 0.3 mg/kg feed and a β-glucan content of 650 mg/kg feed
  3. 2A total of 8 replicates were used per treatment (experimental unit = pig)
  4. a−bMean values within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.05)