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Table 5.

Effects of supplementation with Bacillus amyloliquefaciens CECT 5940 probiotic (DFM), BMD, or its combination on Foot pad dermatitis (FPD) and visual litter quality scoring of challenged broiler at 42 D of age.

	FPD	Litter quality visual scoring
Treatment	(from 0 to 4)	(from 1 to 5)
PC¹	0.250^b	1.167^b
NC²	1.532^a	1.594^a
NC + BMD³	0.629^b	1.667^a
NC + DFM⁴	0.734^b	1.179^b
NC + BMD + DFM	0.584^b	1.219^b
SEM	0.447	0.301
P-value	<0.001	<0.001

Means in the in the same column followed by different superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05, ANOVA, Student–Newman–Keuls test).

¹PC—positive control (basal diet without additives or challenge).

²NC—negative control (basal diet without additive and challenged birds receiving 3.85 × 10⁴ sporulated oocysts of Eimeria maxima + 2.5 × 10⁶ CFU of Clostridium perfringens).

³BMD—bacitracin methylene disalicylate added in 0.05 g/kg feed.

⁴DFM—direct-fed microbial added 1 g/kg feed (1 × 10⁶ CFU/g of B. amyloliquefaciens CECT 5940).