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Table 4.

Microflora population in the cecal content of Partridge Shank chickens fed diets supplemented with or without MOS (log CFU/g content).

Items	Control	0.5 g/kg MOS	1 g/kg MOS	1.5 g/kg MOS	SEM	p-Value
Items	Control	0.5 g/kg MOS	1 g/kg MOS	1.5 g/kg MOS	SEM	L	Q
Escherichia coli
Days 21	7.98	8.04	7.97	8.45	0.15	0.360	0.514
Days 42	6.89	6.94	6.68	6.04	0.20	0.946	0.820
Salmonella
Days 21	8.41	7.73	7.10	7.44	0.18	0.028	0.126
Days 42	6.16	6.35	6.11	6.52	0.18	0.652	0.777
Lactobacillus
Days 21	8.41	8.18	8.51	8.06	0.08	0.326	0.501
Days 42	7.45	7.98	7.81	7.62	0.10	0.764	0.105

MOS = mannooligosaccharide; SEM = standard error of means (each treatment included 48 chickens and consisted of 6 replicates); L = linear; Q = quadratic.