Table 6 Concentrations [μmol/g digesta], profile [μmol/100 μmol total SCFA] and pool [μmol/kg BW] of SCFAs in the cecal and colonic digesta of rabbits (mean ± SEM¹)

32.5 ± 1.603

33.0 ± 2.028

29.8 ± 1.725

0.283

3.53 ± 0.305

4.60 ± 0.508

3.50 ± 0.185

0.055

0.463 ± 0.045

0.443 ± 0.038

0.353 ± 0.018

0.067

2.95 ± 0.288^ab

3.20 ± 0.358^a

2.16 ± 0.198^b

0.033

0.713 ± 0.053^a

0.688 ± 0.050^a

0.525 ± 0.040^b

0.021

0.585 ± 0.043^ab

0.713 ± 0.128^a

0.435 ± 0.038^b

0.040

1.76 ± 0.120^a

1.85 ± 0.180^a

1.31 ± 0.068^b

0.018

40.8 ± 2.001

42.8 ± 2.775

36.8 ± 1.753

0.110

79.9 ± 1.006^ab

77.6 ± 0.592^b

80.9 ± 1.051^a

0.030

8.64 ± 0.634

10.5 ± 0.519

9.64 ± 0.841

0.094

7.12 ± 0.415^ab

7.58 ± 0.685^a

5.86 ± 0.419^b

0.049

1573 ± 90.11

1900 ± 199.4

2055 ± 161.6

0.067

18.6 ± 1.385

16.8 ± 1.783

13.7 ± 1.538

0.065

2.38 ± 0.155

2.73 ± 0.220

2.14 ± 0.428

0.222

0.343 ± 0.035

0.363 ± 0.023

0.405 ± 0.033

0.226

1.62 ± 0.125

1.74 ± 0.188

1.27 ± 0.195

0.103

0.475 ± 0.053^a

0.258 ± 0.043^b

0.420 ± 0.030^a

0.003

0.320 ± 0.025

0.333 ± 0.028

0.318 ± 0.018

0.666

1.14 ± 0.073

0.955 ± 0.053

1.14 ± 0.053

0.055

23.7 ± 1.233

22.2 ± 1.920

18.3 ± 1.798

0.053

77.5 ± 2.303

74.3 ± 2.246

74.2 ± 2.667

0.399

10.4 ± 0.993

12.9 ± 1.228

11.7 ± 1.803

0.278

7.17 ± 1.006

8.28 ± 1.054

7.25 ± 1.095

0.519

250 ± 11.72

280 ± 32.65

268 ± 44.63

0.589