Gastric infusion of short-chain fatty acids can improve intestinal barrier function in weaned piglets

Genes & Nutrition

Table 7 Effect of gastric infusion of SCFA on the ileal, caecal, and colonic Escherichia coli, Lactobacillus spp, Bifidobacterium spp, and Bacillus spp in weaned piglets (log copies/g)

Items	Control	S1	S2	SEM	P value
Ileum
Total bacteria	10.550^a	10.103^ab	9.962^b	0.137	0.031
Bacillus spp	8.487	8.495	8.480	0.168	0.999
Lactobacillus spp	7.043^b	7.784^a	8.231^a	0.185	0.004
Escherichia coli	9.957^a	8.780^b	8.713^b	0.277	0.016
Bifidobacterium spp	7.686	7.939	8.202	0.242	0.354
Cecum
Total bacteria	11.672^a	11.451^ab	11.336^b	0.063	0.011
Bacillus spp	9.400	9.332	9.274	0.186	0.894
Lactobacillus spp	8.037^b	8.506^ab	8.900^a	0.160	0.011
Escherichia coli	10.182	8.922	9.203	0.344	0.063
Bifidobacterium spp	7.940	8.163	8.241	0.206	0.579
Colon
Total bacteria	11.473	11.444	11.372	0.152	0.888
Bacillus spp	9.568	9.362	9.332	0.090	0.182
Lactobacillus spp	8.651	9.065	8.899	0.164	0.244
Escherichia coli	10.009^a	9.103^ab	8.952^b	0.262	0.036
Bifidobacterium spp	7.643	7.844	7.886	0.101	0.241

S1, pigs treated with SCFA (acetic, propionic, and butyric acids; 20.04, 7.71, and 4.89 mM respectively); S2, pigs treated with SCFA (acetic, propionic, and butyric acids; 40.08, 15.41, and 9.78 mM respectively)
^{a, b}Within a row, means without a common superscript differ (P < 0.05)

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