. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: Environ Microbiol. 2017 Apr;19(4):1518–1535. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13712

Table 1. Cecal content pH, bacterial density, and bacterial viability.

Parameter	T₀	HF	LF	RD	SD
Bacterial density (cells/gram of cecal content)	1.85¹¹± 1.83¹¹	1.98¹¹± 1.41¹¹	1.66¹¹± 1.44¹¹	7.07¹⁰± 4.81¹⁰	3.59¹¹± 4.35¹¹
Bacterial viability (%)
live	83.1 ± 4.7	80.6 ± 8.3	81.5 ± 4.4	76.3 ± 10.8	80.0 ± 4.8
dead	13.9 ± 3.8	16.0 ± 6	14.5 ± 3.9	18.1 ± 9.6	16.7 ± 4.9
injured	3.1 ± 1.8	3.4 ± 2.4	4.0 ± 1.9	5.6 ± 2.8	3.3 ± 1.4
Cecal pH	8.04 ± 0.28	7.68 ± 0.44	7.94 ± 0.46	8.25 ± 0.21	8.03 ± 0.24

Values are the mean ± the standard error.