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Table 4 The effect of Sodium butyrate on proinflammatory cytokines in goats fed HG diet versus those fed HG alone and LG diet

From: Sodium butyrate improves antioxidant stability in sub-acute ruminal acidosis in dairy goats

 

Treatment

  

Item

LG

HG

HG + NaB

SEM

p value

IL-1β, ng/mL

0.1568a

0.2500b

0.1670a

0.024

0.003

IL-6, pg/mL

289.01a

612.5b

404.8c

25.40

0.01

TNF-α fmol/mL

4.008a

7.236b

2.728c

0.234

0.007

  1. The milk yield and milk compositions were analyzed by the mixed model of SAS
  2. LG low gain, HG high grain, HG + NaB high grain + sodium butyrate
  3. a, b and cThe means with different superscript were considered significant different