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Table 3 Effects of liposomal-curcumin on opportunistic bacteria (ng/uL) found in equine cecal fluid and on cecal fluid characteristics (9 d)a

From: Effects of liposomal-curcumin on five opportunistic bacterial strains found in the equine hindgut - preliminary study

 

Treatment1

P -value

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

  1. aData are means of 4 cannulated horses per replicate. a-cMeans within a row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05)
  2. 1Treatments: 0 = control (no nutraceutical); 15 = 15 g; 25 = 25 g; 35 = 35 g of 500 mg/g 95% liposomal-curcumin
  3. 2 P-value for treatment means
  4. 3 P-value for linear contrast