Table 5 Correlations between the concentration of volatile fatty acids and expression of detected genes (P < 0.05, n = 18 vs. n = 6) in dairy cows fed with three experimental forage-based diets
Genes | Total VFA | Acetate | Propionate | Butyrate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alla | ||||
  C2 | −0.51 | −0.61 |  |  |
  C3 |  |  |  | 0.54 |
  C7 |  |  |  | 0.47 |
  Gm8618 |  | −0.49 |  |  |
  IFI47 |  |  |  | 0.54 |
  KRT36 | −0.52 |  | −0.48 | −0.60 |
  LPO | −0.52 |  |  | −0.67 |
  PI3 | −0.56 | −0.55 |  |  |
  PRSS53 | −0.63 | −0.62 | −0.48 |  |
  S100A9 | −0.61 | −0.64 | −0.48 |  |
  SAA1 | −0.52 | −0.54 | −0.52 |  |
  TGM3 | −0.52 | −0.53 |  |  |
AHb | ||||
  C7 | 0.88 | 0.88 |  |  |
  SAA1 |  |  | −0.91 |  |
CSc | ||||
  LPO | −0.95 | −0.92 | −0.88 |  |
  PI3 | −0.91 | −0.88 | −0.86 |  |
  KRT36 | −0.93 | −0.84 | −0.94 | −0.88 |
RSd | ||||
  C2 | −0.86 | −0.86 |  |  |