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Table 2 Total faecal and individual VFA concentrations (mg/100 ml) at T1 in foals from NUCL and CTRL groups. P values are for dietary group and breeding centre as possible sources of variation, and for the group*breeding centre interaction

From: Dietary supplementation of new-born foals with free nucleotides positively affects neonatal diarrhoea management

Analytes

Group

 

P value

VFAs

NUCL

CTRL

SEM

Breeding centre

Group

Group*breeding centre interaction

Total VFAs

153.37

93.78

9.54

0.60

0.0016**

0.72

Branched VFAs

70.33

46.42

5.05

0.98

0.023*

0.75

Acetic acid

55.78

31.77

4.33

0.58

0.0046**

0.41

Propionic acid

15.98

8.70

1.15

0.56

0.0009***

0.44

Butyric acid

7.78

4.44

0.73

0.62

0.026*

0.79

Succinic acid

11.83

5.66

0.98

0.63

0.0011**

0.42

Valerianic acid

3.52

2.44

0.52

0.23

0.31

0.66

Iso-butyric acid

65.58

40.55

5.00

0.98

0.016*

0.86

Iso-valeric acid

4.74

5.87

0.87

0.13

0.51

0.49

  1. VFA Volatile fatty acids, SEM Standard error of the mean, NUCL Nucleotide group, CTRL Control group. statistical significance: *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001