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Table 6 Concentrations of SCFAs measured in cecum of broilers in the second trial

From: Effect of in feed administration of different butyrate formulations on Salmonella Enteritidis colonization and cecal microbiota in broilers

 

Dietary treatment

Control

Fat-protected butyrate

Wax

Butyrate (mM) (SD)

8.48a (2.69)

12.45b (3.94)

13.45b (3.32)

% butyrate/total SCFA (SD)

15.02a (2.75)

18.39b (2.89)

27.16c (4.37)

Acetate (mM) (SD)

47.55a (14.12)

52.2a (9.74)

34.4b (7.65)

% acetate/total SCFA (SD)

82.70a (3.46)

78.71b (2.80)

69.09c (4.45)

Propionate (mM) (SD)

1.25a (0.51)

1.87b (0.69)

1.83b (0.56)

% propionate/total SCFA (SD)

2.29a (1.00)

2.89ab (1.20)

3.75b (1.28)

Total SCFA (SD)

57.29ab (16.4)

67.27a (13.23)

49.67b (9.80)

  1. The broilers were fed a diet either or not supplemented with a butyrate containing feed additive in a concentration of 3 g/kg of sodium butyrate radical. Each dietary treatment consisted of 2 pens of 20 broilers. Measurements of SCFA concentrations were done at the age of 21 days after 4 days of Salmonella infection.
  2. Significant differences for SCFA concentrations or percentages among dietary treatments are indicated with different letters per row (a, b).
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Veterinary Research

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