Table 4. The effects of CP and AA level on microbiota in growing pigs.
Variable | CP (%) | SEM | p-value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
17.2 | 15.7 | |||||
Lysine (%) | ||||||
1.10 | 1.10 | 1.15 | 1.20 | |||
Phase 1 (d 14) | ||||||
Lactobacillus spp. | 1.247 | 1.241 | 1.258 | 1.271 | 0.02 | 0.412 |
Bifidobacterium spp. | 0.774 | 0.819 | 0.774 | 0.787 | 0.02 | 0.139 |
Escherichi coli | 0.320 | 0.283 | 0.292 | 0.302 | 0.02 | 0.217 |
Clostridium | 0.539 | 0.505 | 0.498 | 0.482 | 0.03 | 0.204 |
Phase 2 (d 28) | ||||||
Lactobacillus spp. | 1.236 | 1.271 | 1.291 | 1.301 | 0.03 | 0.244 |
Bifidobacterium spp. | 0.795 | 0.806 | 0.826 | 0.817 | 0.01 | 0.212 |
Escherichi coli | 0.323 | 0.306 | 0.308 | 0.293 | 0.02 | 0.357 |
Clostridium | 0.515 | 0.500 | 0.498 | 0.494 | 0.02 | 0.619 |
Phase 3 (d 42) | ||||||
Lactobacillus spp. | 1.281 | 1.318 | 1.281 | 1.301 | 0.03 | 0.624 |
Bifidobacterium spp. | 0.791 | 0.798 | 0.782 | 0.792 | 0.02 | 0.929 |
Escherichi coli | 0.278 | 0.288 | 0.306 | 0.298 | 0.02 | 0.361 |
Clostridium | 0.508 | 0.504 | 0.510 | 0.490 | 0.03 | 0.884 |
CP, crude protein; AA, amino acid.