Dietary fiber during gestation improves lactational feed intake of sows by modulating gut microbiota

Table 8 Effects of high fiber diet or HF-FMT during gestation on fecal SCFAs concentrations of sows

Items	Treatment			SEM	P-value
Items	LF	LFM	HF	SEM	P-value
110 d of gestation
AA, μmol/g	42.46	45.77	50.01	2.919	0.177
PA, μmol/g	13.33	14.00	16.54	1.090	0.092
BA, μmol/g	6.44	7.59	8.01	0.584	0.084
SCFA, μmol/g	62.46	67.16	76.47	4.495	0.079
7 d of lactation
AA, μmol/g	53.82	51.07	52.51	2.734	0.920
PA, μmol/g	18.58	15.99	15.69	1.018	0.516
BA, μmol/g	8.94	8.61	10.18	0.588	0.553
SCFA, μmol/g	77.14	82.58	75.68	4.122	0.790

Data were shown as least squares mean with their SEM. Values within a row with different superscripts differ (P < 0.05)
LF Low fiber diet during gestation, n = 15, LFM Low fiber diet + fecal microbiota transplantation from HF sow during gestation, n = 15, HF High fiber diet during gestation, n = 15, SEM Pooled standard error of means, AA Acetic acid, PA Propionate aid, BA Butyric acid, SCFA The sum of AA, PA and BA

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