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Table 5 Faecal VFA in broiler chickens fed with postbiotics and different levels of inulin

From: Effects of dietary postbiotic and inulin on growth performance, IGF1 and GHR mRNA expression, faecal microbiota and volatile fatty acids in broilers

Parameter (mM)

Dietary treatmentse

SEM

Negative control

Positive control

T1

T2

T3

T4

T5

T6

Acetic

27.78c

29.78c

30.39c

34.70bc

40.22b

31.47bc

36.85bc

49.30a

1.57

Propionic

0.27c

0.66bc

0.89ab

0.71bc

1.30a

0.84ab

0.87ab

0.66bc

0.07

Butyric

0.21

0.22

0.39

0.38

0.40

0.28

0.43

0.31

0.02

Total

28.25d

30.65cd

31.67cd

35.45bcd

41.92b

32.59cd

38.15bc

50.27a

1.59

  1. abcdmeans within a row for each parameter with different superscripts are significantly different (p < 0.05). enegative control: basal diet, positive control: basal diet + neomycin and oxytetracycline, T1: (0.3 % RI11), T2: (0.3 % RG14), T3: (0.3 % RI11 + 0.8 % inulin), T4: (0.3 % RI11 + 1.0 % inulin), T5: (0.3 % RG14 + 0.8%inulin), T6: (0.3 % RG14 + 1.0%inulin)