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Table 2 Colon digesta metabolites that differed among the dietary treatment groups1

From: Trace amounts of antibiotic altered metabolomic and microbial profiles of weaned pigs infected with a pathogenic E. coli

Metabolite

Fold change1

VIP2

FDR3

TRA4 vs. REC5, d 5 post-inoculation

 Octadecanol

0.38

1.82

0.173

 Nonadecanoic acid

0.39

1.89

0.126

 Adipic acid

0.40

1.91

0.125

 Pinitol

2.22

1.82

0.173

 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric acid

2.57

1.94

0.118

 Proline

2.64

1.92

0.118

 Arabitol

3.42

2.18

0.018

 Lyxitol

3.92

2.16

0.018

 Dehydroabietic acid

4.27

2.15

0.018

 Propyleneglycol

5.09

1.92

0.118

 Maltotriose

5.18

1.96

0.118

 2-hydroxyvaleric acid

13.35

2.14

0.018

TRA vs. REC, d 11 post-inoculation

 Inosine

0.20

1.9793

0.160

  1. 1Fold change values less than one indicate that the differential metabolites were reduced in the TRA compared to REC
  2. 2VIP Variable Importance in the projection
  3. 3FDR False discovery rate
  4. 4TRA Trace amounts of antibiotic
  5. 5REC Label-recommended dose of antibiotic