Table 3.

Effects of probiotic supplement on fecal consistency index of weaning rabbits

Items	Sex1)		Treatments2)				SEM	p-value3)
	M	F	Control	BS	LA	BL		S	T	S×T
Fecal score
d 28–d 35	1.89	2.17	2.36	2.07	1.91	1.79	0.41	0.073	0.063	0.480
d 35–d 42	1.46	1.79	2.02a	1.66ab	1.46b	1.38b	0.34	0.011	0.005	0.438
d 28–d 42	1.67	1.98	2.19a	1.87ab	1.69b	1.58b	0.33	0.017	0.008	0.575
Fecal consistency index (FCI)
d 28–d 35	0.47	0.54	0.59	0.52	0.48	0.45	0.10	0.073	0.063	0.480
d 35–d 42	0.37	0.45	0.50a	0.42ab	0.36b	0.35b	0.08	0.006	0.013	0.307
d 28–d 42	0.46	0.54	0.59a	0.51ab	0.46b	0.44b	0.09	0.013	0.009	0.524

SEM, standard error of the mean.

¹⁾M, male; F, female.

²⁾BS, control diet+B. subtilis; LA, control diet+L. acidophilus; BL, control diet+B. subtilis+L. acidophilus.

³⁾S, sex; T, treatment; S×T, sex and treatment interaction.

^a,bMeans in a row with different superscripts are significantly different (p<0.05), n = 8.