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. 2025 Jan 31;103:skaf018. doi: 10.1093/jas/skaf018

Table 7.

RA of jejunal mucosa-associated microbiota at genus level in pigs fed diets supplemented with ground herb-based phytobiotics1 and essential oil-based phytobiotics2

Treatment3 P value
Item NC PC HP EP SEM NC vs. PC PC vs. HP PC vs. EP
Lactobacillus 47.24 27.12 42.76 34.25 8.80 0.092 0.211 0.581
Bifidobacterium 21.13 12.77 10.38 15.36 3.50 0.050 0.777 0.486
Staphylococcus 6.92 12.08 25.24 5.76 6.86 0.647 0.148 0.560
Helicobacter 11.71 15.84 14.13 20.95 8.72 0.734 0.902 0.676
Megasphaera 1.10 2.67 0.74 1.38 0.63 0.134 0.074 0.285
Olsenella 0.98 2.45 0.82 1.88 0.58 0.146 0.116 0.777
Weissella 0.94 0.95 0.19 4.15 1.41 0.999 0.703 0.131
Mitsuokella 1.11 1.10 0.53 1.04 0.39 0.976 0.187 0.899
Chlamydia 0.39 3.05 0.18 0.18 1.58 0.172 0.165 0.180
Streptococcus 0.90 0.62 0.52 1.18 0.21 0.324 0.728 0.076
Syntrophococcus 0.53 0.64 0.40 1.70 0.31 0.777 0.571 0.019
Sharpea 0.29 0.23 0.84 0.97 0.31 0.887 0.168 0.109
Corynebacterium 0.66 0.17 0.09 0.80 0.25 0.157 0.824 0.098
Dialister 0.54 0.64 0.10 0.44 0.19 0.701 0.052 0.483
Selenomonas 0.09 0.28 0.03 0.35 0.14 0.280 0.189 0.773
Prevotella 0.08 0.45 0.06 0.11 0.17 0.102 0.111 0.179
Others 5.39 18.94 2.99 9.50 4.73 0.020 0.011 0.135

1Salcochek Pro (Ayurvet Limited).

2Liq-biotic (Ayurvet Limited).

3NC, basal diet, non-challenged pigs; PC, basal diet, challenged with F18+E. coli; HP, basal diet + 1% ground herb-based phytobiotics, challenged with F18+E. coli; EP, basal diet + 1% essential oil-based phytobiotics, challenged with F18+E. coli.