| | 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) |
- 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).
