VFA, mmol/L digesta | Dietary treatments1 | SEM | P-value |
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Basal2 | inSeMP2 | orgSeMP2 | Â | Â |
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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 |
- InSeMP mushroom powder supplemented with inorganic selenium, orgSeMP mushroom powder enriched with organic selenium, VFA volatile fatty acids
- 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
- 2A total of 8 replicates were used per treatment (experimental unit = pig)
- a−bMean values within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.05)