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Table 7 Effects of dandelion on the SCFA concentrations in ileal digesta of broilers. (μg/g)

From: Effects of Taraxacum mongolicum Hand.-Mazz. (dandelion) on growth performance, expression of genes coding for tight junction protein and mucin, microbiota composition and short chain fatty acids in ileum of broiler chickens

Items

Treatment group

SEM

P-Value

CON

LD

HD

CTC

21 day

   Acetic acid

8.03

7.78

6.18

5.04

0.952

0.67

   Propionic acid

0.37xy

0.40xy

0.25y

0.99x

0.125

0.07

   Butyric acid

0.17b

0.25ab

0.15c

0.28a

0.018

0.01

   Total SCFA

8.41

9.59

7.95

6.31

1.000

0.71

42 day

   Acetic acid

7.23

9.02

4.26

6.66

1.026

0.46

   Propionic acid

0.30

0.51

0.12

0.11

0.083

0.26

   Butyric acid

0.05

0.09

0.18

0.05

0.036

0.56

   Total SCFA

7.52

9.63

4.57

6.82

1.093

0.46

  1. CON The control treatment, LD The low dose of dandelion treatment, HD The high dose of dandelion treatment, CTC The chlortetracycline treatment, SEM Standard error of the mean
  2. a,bMeans (n = 5) within a row with different letters differed significantly (P < 0.05)
  3. x,yMeans (n = 5) in a row with different letters tended to be different (0.05 ≤ P < 0.10)