Table 6.

Quantification of major commensal bacteria strains prone to modulation with prebiotics and representing the bacteriological status of chicken intestine.

Day	Bacteria Groups	RFO (cfu/g)	Control (cfu/g)	p-Value
21	Lactobacillus	4.6 × 108 ± 2.2 × 108	6.4 × 108± 5.4 × 108	0.733
	Bifidobacterium	2.6 × 108 ± 2.8 × 108	2.9 × 108 ± 2.2 × 108	0.385
	Enterobacterium	8.9 × 107 ± 7.1 × 107	4.5 × 108 ± 4.0 × 108	0.252
	Clostridium	<1.0 × 101,b ± <1.0 × 101	4.7 × 102,a ± 4.8 × 102	0.026
	Campylobacter	<1.0 × 101 ± <1.0 × 101	<1.0 × 101 ± <1.0 × 101	−
42	Lactobacillus	1.9 × 108 ± 7.1 × 107	1.6 × 108 ± 1.0 × 108	0.434
	Bifidobacterium	<1.0 × 101 ± <1.0 × 101	2.0 × 108 ± 4.5 × 107	0.347
	Enterobacterium	3.0 × 107 ± 3.3 × 107	4.4 × 108 ± 4.1 × 107	0.767
	Clostridium	<1.0 × 101,b ± <1.0 × 101	2.2 × 103,a ± 2.9 × 103	0.046
	Campylobacter	5.2 × 106 ± 2.5 × 106	2.0 × 106 ± 1.8 × 106	0.125

^a,b mean values with the same letter are not significantly different at p ≤ 0.05.