Table 5.

Effect of experimental diets fed to rabbit does on mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN) microbiota of 6-d suckling kits

	Diets				P-value
	C	Arg	Gln	Arg + Gln	Arg	Gln	ArgxGln
Arginine	0	0.4	0	0.4
Glutamine	0	0	0.4	0.4
N	6	6	6	6
Total aerobesa	4.47 ± 1.3	7.02 ± 0.3	2.65 ± 3.4	2.59 ± 3.5	0.65	0.09	0.64
Facultative aerobes	4.61 ± 1.4	7.11 ± 0.4	2.82 ± 3.4	2.45 ± 4.1	0.73	0.10	0.63
Total anaerobes	8.65 ± 0.5	7.55 ± 0.8	6.19 ± 1.7	7.63 ± 0.8	0.87	0.22	0.19

^aValues expressed as Ln (forming colonies unit/mg MLN) ± standard error