Table 1 SCFA concentrations in Chyme from several intestinal locations and from faeces.

From: Type of diet has no major influence on inflammatory response in a Saddleback pig model

SCFA

Groups

Jejunum

Caecum

Colon

Faeces (t3)

Acetate

BL

76.5a

[67.2/83.6]

208

[179/234]

136

[119/139]

n/a

AD

36.4#, ab

[36.4/76.1]

123

[101/225]

101

[76.2/150]

73.0#

[66.1/96.0]

ADp

46.9#, ab

[26.3/65.4]

142

[120/201]

95.3

[79.5/129]

95.3

[79.5/129]

ADi

33.0#, b

[27.2/40.6]

163

[138/177]

107▲■

[87.9/132]

88.7

[83.7/99.5]

CD

39.5#, b

[25.4/47.8]

178

[132/206]

111

[81.7/126]

94.5

[86.4/104]

Propionate

BL

4.54

[4.03/4.86]

66.9

[48.6/77.4]

41.8a

[34.5/45.7]

n/a

AD

4.13#

[3.73/5.24]

35.8

[29.5/60.8]

30.2▲, ab

[26.0/35.8]

23.4#▲

[20.8/28.5]

ADp

4.87#

[3.99/6.10]

46.1

[35.0/59.3]

25.0▲■, b

[21.7/32.0]

24.2#■

[21.1/27.9]

ADi

4.64#

[3.75/6.20]

48.2

[42.3/61.0]

27.5▲■, ab

[24.9/35.1]

23.6#■

[19.3/29.7]

CD

3.35#

[2.82/5.71]

49.5

[38.0/59.6]

31.8▲, ab

[26.6/38.0]

30.4

[26.0/32.8]

Total butyrate

BL

11.8a

[9.84/14.4]

35.8a

[33.8/38.5]

29.2a

[27.0/37.4]

n/a

AD

4.45#, b

[4.23/5.64]

12.9▲, b

[9.65/21.5]

12.6▲, b

[11.3/15.4]

14.2

[12.2/16.3]

ADp

4.86#, ab

[4.21/5.75]

12.3▲, b

[10.8/20.0]

11.3▲, b

[10.8/15.0]

14.6

[11.0/17.2]

ADi

4.05#, b

[3.43/5.03]

14.5▲, b

[13.3/15.9]

15.8▲, ab

[14.3/18.1]

15.2

[13.7/18.1]

CD

4.20#, b

[2.62/5.69]

17.1▲, b

[11.8/20.7]

16.4▲, ab

[12.1/21.2]

18.5

[16.3/24.3]

Total valerate

BL

2.79

[2.30/3.74]

5.92

[5.61/7.07]

6.82a

[5.91/7.54]

n/a

AD

2.24#

[1.96/2.74]

6.13

[5.29/8.73]

5.67▲, ab

[4.44/5.98]

6.84

[5.79/7.42]

ADp

3.04#

[2.36/3.25]

6.08

[5.12/7.27]

5.35#▲, b

[4.23/5.87]

6.66

[6.34/7.13]

ADi

2.67#

[2.15/3.32]

7.87

[6.34/10.6]

6.33▲, ab

[5.16/7.83]

6.95

[4.98/8.87]

CD

1.81#

[1.39/2.99]

5.34

[4.95/6.76]

5.82▲, ab

[4.52/6.06]

7.97

[7.34/8.34]

  1. SCFA concentrations (mmol/kg DM) of CD group in chyme and faeces. The data present the SCFA concentrations of CD group in the jejunum, caecum and colon at the time of slaughter and in the faeces at t3. SCFA, short-chain fatty acid; DM, dry matter; CD, group fed the conventional diet (n = 9–10).
  2. The SCFA concentrations in the jejunum, caecum and colon at the time of slaughter and in faeces at t3 in all groups (BL, AD, ADp, ADi and CD) are presented as medians and [25th/75th] percentiles in mmol/kg DM. ▲#■Different symbols indicate significant differences within a row (intestinal section differences in one group). abDifferent lowercase letters indicate significant effects within a column (group differences in one intestinal section). Significant differences are identified by P values ≤ 0.05 via repeated-measures ANOVA with the Games–Howell test (acetate) and the Kruskal–Wallis test with Bonferroni correction (propionate, total butyrate and total valerate). SCFA, short-chain fatty acid; DM, dry matter; BL, baseline group (n = 6–8); AD, group fed the atherogenic diet (n = 9–10); ADp, group fed the atherogenic diet + pectin (n = 9–10); ADi, group fed the atherogenic diet + inulin (n = 9–10); CD, group fed the conventional diet (n = 9–10); n/a, not available.