Table 2.
Effect of dietary supplementation with a Synbiotic mix on duodenal Lactic Acid Bacteria counts of broilers challenged with Salmonella Typhimurium and Clostridium perfringens.
| Mean Lactic Acid Bacteria (Log10 CFU/g) ± Standard Deviation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment 1/Days | 18 d | 22 d | 25 d | 32 d | 36 d | 39 d |
| CT | 5.8 ± 0.7 | 6.3 ± 0.4 | 5.8 ± 1.7 | 5.3 ± 0.9 | 5.6 ± 0.4 ab | 4.1 ± 1.6 a |
| SB | 5.0 ± 1.9 | 6.2 ± 1.0 | 5.6 ± 1.3 | 5.2 ± 1.3 | 6.5 ± 0.7 a | 6.5 ± 0.4 b |
| SBST | 6.7 ± 0.3 | 5.6 ± 0.4 | 5.1 ± 1.2 | 4.4 ± 1.0 | 5.5 ± 0.2 ab | 3.9 ± 0.3 a |
| ST | 5.0 ± 1 | 5.3 ± 1 | 4.0 ± 0.6 | 4.5 ± 1.2 | 4.6 ± 1.0 b | 5.4 ± 0.8 ab |
| SBCP | 4.7 ± 1.6 | 4.9 ± 1.6 | 3.7 ± 0.8 | 5.9 ± 0.2 | 6.3 ± 0.1 a | 3.9 ± 0.3 a |
| CP | 5.9 | 5.3 | 4.2 ± 1.9 | 4.5 ± 1.2 | 5.2 ± 0.3 ab | 5.4 ± 0.3 ab |
| SBSTCP | 4.4 ± 0.7 | 6.0 ± 0.7 | 4.9 ± 0.4 | 5.0 ± 0.8 | 6.5 ± 0.1 a | 5.2 ± 0.6 ab |
| STCP | 4.8 ± 1.6 | 5.7 ± 1.6 | 4.8 ± 0.8 | 4.2 ± 0.2 | 5.2 ± 0.1 ab | 4.9 ± 0.3 a |
1 CT: Control group; SB: Synbiotic mix; SBST: Synbiotic mix + S. Typhimurium; ST: S. Typhimurium; SBCP: Synbiotic mix + C. perfringens; CP: C. perfringens; SBSTCP: Synbiotic mix + S. Typhimurium + C. perfringens; STCP: S. Typhimurium + C. perfringens. Mean values of three replicates with different letter (a,b) in the same column are significantly different (p < 0.05).