Table 6.
Effect of dietary feed additives on intestinal bacterial count (×109) of layer Japanese quail at 42 weeks of age
| Treatments | Coliforms | Salmonella | E. coli | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| BMD | PFA | |||
| 0 | 0 | 3.55a | 7.15a | 3.25a |
| 0.05% | 0 | 2.31b | 4.25c | 2.12b |
| 0 | 0.1% | 2.43b | 5.42b | 2.22b |
| ANOVA | ||||
| SEM | 0.155 | 0.292 | 0.126 | |
| p value | ≤0.0001 | ≤0.0001 | ≤0.0001 | |
BMD, bacitracin methylene disalicylate (antibiotic growth promoter); PFA, phytogenic feed additive; ANOVA, analysis of variance; SEM, pooled standard error of column wise means comparison.
Means with different letters within the same column are significantly different (p≤0.05).