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Table 4.

Effects of dietary Forsythia suspensa extract (FSE) supplement on the apparent digestibility (%) of nutrients and bacterial concentrations (log CFU/g wet digesta) in broilers

Items	Treatments			SEM	p value

	NC	FC	PC
d 21
Dry matter	71.32	72.53	72.41	0.51	0.80
Energy	78.32	76.18	77.48	0.45	0.18
Crude protein	69.60	68.01	69.12	0.82	0.74
Calcium	51.31^b	58.72^a	55.24^ab	1.76	<0.05
Phosphorus	53.95	55.85	56.24	1.31	0.77
Lactobacillus	5.47	5.48	5.57	0.11	0.45
Escherichia coli	6.74^a	5.85^b	5.58^b	0.15	<0.05
d 42
Dry matter	72.16	73.31	73.25	0.57	0.85
Energy	77.53^b	80.52^a	79.40^ab	0.49	<0.05
Crude protein	60.06	63.25	60.07	0.93	0.28
Calcium	46.47^b	62.12^a	52.97^b	2.15	<0.05
Phosphorus	46.23	53.53	53.17	1.73	0.15
Lactobacillus	7.12	7.44	7.42	0.09	0.56
Escherichia coli	6.19^a	5.41^b	5.31^b	0.12	<0.05