Table 3.
Effect of yeast with bacteriocin (BA), Lactobacillus cultures (LAB) and mixture of both supplementations on cecal content bacterial populations of broiler chickens
| Treatment1) | Bacterial populations (log cfu/g) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
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| |||
| Lactobacillus | Enterococcus | Total anaerobe | |
| 21 d | |||
| Control | 7.82 | 5.68 | 8.61b |
| YC | 7.86 | 5.86 | 9.42a |
| BA | 7.49 | 5.77 | 8.42b |
| LAB | 7.97 | 5.97 | 9.01ab |
| BA+LAB | 7.85 | 5.85 | 8.82ab |
| SEM | 0.290 | 0.335 | 0.242 |
| p-value | 0.346 | 0.579 | 0.043 |
| 35 d | |||
| Control | 7.17b | 5.49 | 7.94 |
| YC | 6.71b | 5.71 | 7.97 |
| BA | 7.28ab | 5.41 | 8.19 |
| LAB | 7.87a | 5.68 | 8.45 |
| BA+LAB | 7.25ab | 5.34 | 8.14 |
| SEM | 0.219 | 0.582 | 0.180 |
| p-value | 0.032 | 0.441 | 0.154 |
1)
Control, basal diet; YC, yeast control (basal diet+0.25% Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast powder); BA, basal diet+0.25% yeast with bacteriocin; LAB, basal diet+Lactobacillus cultures; BA+LAB, basal diet+0.25% yeast with bacteriocin+Lactobacillus cultures.
a,b
Means with different superscripts with in the same column differ significantly (p<0.05).