TABLE 3.
Increase in body weight, weight of cecal content and tissue, cecal pH, and bulking capacity in rats fed WGB, malt, and BSG diet with or without Lactobacillus rhamnosus 271 for 12 d1
| WGB |
Malt |
BSG |
2-Way ANOVA P-values |
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| -Lr | +Lr | -Lr | +Lr | -Lr | + Lr | Fiber | Lr | Fiber×Lr | |
| Feed efficiency,2g gain/g feed | 0.21 ± 0.01 | 0.25 ± 0.03 | 0.17 ± 0.01 | 0.21 ± 0.01 | 0.18 ± 0.02 | 0.25 ± 0.02 | NS3 | 0.006 | NS |
| Cecal content, g | 1.8 ± 0.1 | 2.3 ± 0.1 | 2.2 ± 0.1 | 2.2 ± 0.1 | 1.8 ± 0.1 | 1.7 ± 0.1 | 0.0024 | NS | NS |
| Cecal tissue weight, g | 0.56 ± 0.01 | 0.63 ± 0.01 | 0.57 ± 0.02 | 0.58 ± 0.03 | 0.53 ± 0.02 | 0.54 ± 0.02 | 0.0115 | NS | NS |
| Cecal pH | 7.1 ± 0.1 | 6.7 ± 0.1 | 7.0 ± 0.0 | 6.8 ± 0.1 | 7.1 ± 0.1 | 7.0 ± 0.1 | NS | 0.001 | NS |
| Bulking capacity, g/g fiber ingested | 0.8 ± 0.0 | 0.8 ± 0.0 | 1.0 ± 0.0 | 0.9 ± 0.0 | 0.8 ± 0.0 | 0.8 ± 0.0 | <0.0016 | NS | NS |
1
Values are means ± SEM, = 6–7.
2
Measured over 5 d.
3
NS, Not significant, ≥0.05.
4
Values for groups fed malt were significantly higher than those fed BSG.
5
Values for groups fed WGB were significantly higher than those fed BSG.
6
Values for groups fed malt were significantly higher than those fed WGB and BSG.