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Table 5 Faecal volatile fatty acids following treatments supplemented with different postbiotic metabolite combinations

From: Effects of feeding different postbiotic metabolite combinations produced by Lactobacillus plantarumstrains on egg quality and production performance, faecal parameters and plasma cholesterol in laying hens

  

Treatments

 

Parameters

Control

COM246

COM345

COM456

Total volatile fatty acids (mM)

61.48 ± 2.13b

68.38 ± 1.83a

68.32 ± 1.48a

68.95 ± 1.61a

Acetic

40 .11 ± 1.78

43.42 ± 1.28

43.65 ± 2.87

43.98 ± 1.63

Priopionic

8.52 ± 0.50b

9.62 ± 0.44a

9.78 ± 0.61a

9.61 ± 0.52a

Butyric

6.47 ± 0.53b

8.83 ± 0.67a

8.38 ± 0.75a

8.67 ± 0.63a

iso-butyric

1.32 ± 0.10

1.42 ± 0.08

1.33 ± 0.12

1.44 ± 0.09

iso-valeric

5.03 ± 0.18

5.06 ± 0.12

5.13 ± 0.14

5.15 ± 0.13

pH value

6.94 ± 0.06a

6.65 ± 0.05b

6.54 ± 0.04c

6.52 ± 0.05c

  1. 1 a-cMeans in the same row not sharing a common superscript are significantly different (P < 0.05).
  2. 2SEM: Data are means of 25 cages of 2 hens per cage per treatment.