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Table 1 Dietary effect on ruminal SCFA concentrations and ruminal pH

From: Transcriptomic analyses suggest a dominant role of insulin in the coordinated control of energy metabolism and ureagenesis in goat liver

Item

LNFC1

MNFC1

P2

pH

6.9 ± 0.07

6.5 ± 0.12

0.03

Acetate, mM

42.7 ± 2.31

46.2 ± 2.24

0.09

Propionate, mM

13.3 ± 0.40

23.1 ± 0.93

0.01

Butyrate, mM

7.1 ± 0.81

9.4 ± 0.69

0.03

Total SCFA3, mM

63.1 ± 4.10

78.7 ± 6.84

0.01

  1. 1Values are means ± standard error
  2. 2 p value in the two-tailed T-test
  3. 3 Total SCFA = Acetate + Propionate + Butyrate
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