Table 5 Bacterial enzyme activity[μmol/h/g digesta] in the colonic digesta of rabbits (mean ± SEM¹)

2.31 ± 0.273^a

2.07 ± 0.182^ab

1.50 ± 0.123^b

0.018

1.38 ± 0.259

1.40 ± 0.192

1.03 ± 0.100

0.241

3.70 ± 0.225^a

3.47 ± 0.292^a

2.53 ± 0.134^b

0.003

62.6 ± 6.190

60.3 ± 3.227

59.3 ± 3.604

0.658

3.89 ± 0.385^a

2.56 ± 0.276^b

1.73 ± 0.169^b

< 0.001

4.62 ± 0.478

4.16 ± 0.366

3.53 ± 0.466

0.135

8.51 ± 0.419^a

6.70 ± 0.613^b

5.26 ± 0.432^b

< 0.001

46.0 ± 4.475

37.9 ± 1.381

34.5 ± 3.874

0.051

13.4 ± 1.263^a

9.83 ± 1.159^b

9.32 ± 0.797^b

0.028

38.4 ± 2.579

33.4 ± 2.343

36.2 ± 3.123

0.263

51.8 ± 2.972

43.2 ± 1.468

45.5 ± 3.131

0.054

26.0 ± 2.106

23.4 ± 3.512

21.3 ± 2.294

0.293

0.235 ± 0.037^b

0.383 ± 0.065^ab

0.491 ± 0.074^a

0.014

0.357 ± 0.052

0.281 ± 0.041

0.349 ± 0.055

0.344

0.592 ± 0.056

0.663 ± 0.098

0.840 ± 0.120

0.117

40.7 ± 5.621^b

55.6 ± 4.220^a

57.4 ± 4.332^a

0.038

1.01 ± 0.073^b

1.94 ± 0.253^a

2.51 ± 0.302^a

< 0.001

1.98 ± 0.332

1.99 ± 0.162

2.05 ± 0.359

0.897

2.99 ± 0.372^b

3.92 ± 0.391^ab

4.55 ± 0.468^a

0.027

36.7 ± 3.457^b

48.6 ± 2.239^a

55.9 ± 4.314^a

0.002