Treatment1 | P -value | ||||||
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0 | 15 | 25 | 35 | SEM | TRT2 | LIN3 | |
Bacterial strains | |||||||
SBEC | 13.00ab | 12.73a | 13.68bc | 14.12c | 0.25 | 0.02 | 0.008 |
E. coli K-12 | 20.46 | 19.16 | 19.73 | 20.50 | 1.49 | 0.20 | 0.96 |
E. coli general | 32.64 | 32.77 | 32.21 | 33.27 | 0.37 | 0.94 | 0.79 |
C. difficile | 29.61 | 29.68 | 30.63 | 31.15 | 1.01 | 0.62 | 0.25 |
C. perfringens | 49.18 | 46.36 | 45.97 | 43.51 | 1.36 | 0.12 | 0.03 |
Cecal characteristics | |||||||
pH | 6.71 | 6.68 | 6.68 | 6.67 | 0.03 | 0.82 | 0.38 |
Ammonia, mg/dL | 15.89 | 15.6 | 9.94 | 12.25 | 2.12 | 0.21 | 0.11 |
Total VFA, mM | 51.59 | 71.15 | 73.68 | 65.32 | 6.14 | 0.11 | 0.10 |
VFA, mol/100 mol | |||||||
Acetate | 35.53 | 36.64 | 36.64 | 40.91 | 1.98 | 0.28 | 0.10 |
Propionate | 49.68 | 52.75 | 54.75 | 50.15 | 1.96 | 0.34 | 0.62 |
Isobutyrate | 3.97 | 1.67 | 1.31 | 0.59 | 1.90 | 0.54 | 0.19 |
Butyrate | 10.63 | 9.57 | 8.09 | 8.46 | 0.62 | 0.06 | 0.01 |
Isovalerate | 0.40 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.03 |
Valerate | 0.68a | 0.32b | 0.28b | 0.24b | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.005 |