Table 3 Effect of cashew nut shell liquid and monensin supplementation under different dietary conditions on in vitro short chain fatty acid production

9.57^c

9.81^bc

9.64^bc

10.67^ab

10.26^bc

11.36^a

10.71^ab

10.71^ab

10.67^ab

10.49^abc

0.004

<0.001

0.019

6.44^ab

6.41^ab

6.40^ab

6.70^ab

6.72^a

6.83^a

6.82^a

6.35^bc

6.74^a

6.12^b

0.078

0.048

0.003

1.64^e

2.11^cde

1.71^de

2.60^b

1.90^cde

3.32^a

2.13^bcd

3.30^a

2.21^bc

3.46^a

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

1.13^c

0.99^de

1.20^bc

1.07^cd

1.30^ab

0.94^de

1.40^a

0.84^ef

1.36^a

0.73^f

<0.001

0.011

<0.001

8.08^b

7.96^b

8.26^b

8.29^b

8.71^ab

9.03^ab

8.69^ab

8.80^ab

9.41^a

8.73^ab

0.650

<0.001

0.280

5.20^ab

5.00^ab

5.15^ab

4.92^ab

5.24^ab

5.16^ab

5.07^ab

4.81^ab

5.38^a

4.69^b

0.002

0.416

0.228

1.82^cd

1.78^d

1.92^cd

2.16^bcd

2.19^bcd

2.65^ab

2.33^bc

2.91^a

2.64^ab

2.95^a

<0.001

<0.001

0.093

0.82^d

0.90^cd

0.95^bcd

0.99^abcd

1.03^abc

1.04^abc

1.09^ab

0.92^bcd

1.16^a

0.93^bcd

0.029

<0.001

0.001

67.28^a

65.35^b

66.39^ab

62.73^c

65.48^b

60.13^d

63.72^c

59.30^de

63.22^c

58.37^e

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

17.17^f

21.46^d

17.74^f

24.34^c

18.47^ef

29.16^b

19.90^de

30.67^b

20.72^d

32.99^a

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

11.80^b

10.03^c

12.43^ab

10.05^c

12.63^ab

8.31^d

13.08^a

7.87^d

12.72^ab

6.90^e

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

64.21^a

62.53^a

62.33^ab

59.33^cd

60.12^bc

57.19^d

58.34^cd

54.58^e

57.23^d

53.78^e

<0.001

<0.001

0.280

22.51^de

22.27^e

23.21^de

26.00^cde

25.02^cde

29.29^bc

26.67^cd

33.05^ab

28.11^c

33.79^a

<0.001

<0.001

0.007

10.19^c

11.27^abc

11.52^abc

11.87^abc

11.87^abc

11.49^abc

12.51^a

10.47^bc

12.37^ab

10.57^bc

0.034

0.119

0.001