Table 4.
Infected bacterial pathogens in broilers (cases).
| Intestinal pathogens | CG | XG | HG | XHG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coagulase-pos. | ||||
| S. aureus | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| S. intermedius | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Coagulase-neg. | 0 | |||
| S. lentus | 19 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| S. simulans | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| S. cohnii | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| S. gallinarum | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| S. capitis | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| S. xylosus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| S. hominis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| S. auricularis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| S. carnosus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. caseolyticus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. kloosi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. epidermidis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| S. arlettae | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| S. piscifermentans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gram-positive | ||||
| Corynebacterium sp. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Stomatococcus sp. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Micrococcus sedentarius | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Micrococcus varians | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Micrococcus luteus | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Streptococcus sp. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gram-negative | ||||
| Escherichia coli | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Moraxella sp. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Proteus mirabilis | 1 | |||
| Acinetobacter sp. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Pseudomonas sp. | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Yersinia sp. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Note: CG: the broiler received basic diet; XG: the broiler received basic diet and 1200 IU/kg xylanase; HG: the broiler received basic diet and 0.1% polysaccharides from the fermentation extract of Hericium caputmedusae (FPHC, w/w); XHG: the broiler received basic diet, 1200 IU/kg of xylanase, and 0.1% FPHC (w/w). CG: basic diet; XG: basic diet + xylanase; HG: basic diet + FPHC; and XHG: basic diet + xylanase + FPHC.