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Dietary treatment
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Control
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Fat-protected butyrate
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Wax
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Butyrate (mM) (SD)
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8.48a (2.69)
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12.45b (3.94)
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13.45b (3.32)
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% butyrate/total SCFA (SD)
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15.02a (2.75)
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18.39b (2.89)
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27.16c (4.37)
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Acetate (mM) (SD)
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47.55a (14.12)
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52.2a (9.74)
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34.4b (7.65)
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% acetate/total SCFA (SD)
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82.70a (3.46)
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78.71b (2.80)
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69.09c (4.45)
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Propionate (mM) (SD)
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1.25a (0.51)
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1.87b (0.69)
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1.83b (0.56)
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% propionate/total SCFA (SD)
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2.29a (1.00)
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2.89ab (1.20)
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3.75b (1.28)
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Total SCFA (SD)
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57.29ab (16.4)
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67.27a (13.23)
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49.67b (9.80)
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- 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.
- Significant differences for SCFA concentrations or percentages among dietary treatments are indicated with different letters per row (a, b).
