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. 2020 Jun 24;27(10):2747–2755. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.06.027

Table 5.

Effect of dietary treatments on targeted bacterial genera composition (log cfu/g) in broiler at 42 days.

Targeted bacteria	Groups^*					Statistics
Targeted bacteria	CON	AB	ORG	PHY	COM	SEM	P-values
Lactobacillus spp.
Cecum	6.49^b	6.52^b	6.77^ab	6.91^ab	7.13^a	0.077	0.019
Ileum	6.03^a	6.65^b	6.31^b	6.80^b	6.47^b	0.095	NS
Enterococcus spp.
Cecum	6.51^b	7.21^a	7.21^a	7.30^a	7.37^a	0.096	0.015
Ileum	5.83^b	6.61^a	6.52^a	6.48^a	6.58^a	0.094	0.015
Escherichia coli
Cecum	6.49^b	7.13^a	7.14^a	6.31^b	6.38^b	0.114	0.013
Ileum	6.57^a	6.25^b	6.12^bc	ND	6.01^c	0.665	<0.001
Campylobacter spp.
Cecum	6.43^a	6.79^a	6.54^a	6.48^a	6.03^b	0.073	0.012
Ileum	6.85^a	6.95^a	5.66^b	ND	ND	0.854	<0.001

SEM: standard error of mean.

ND: Not detected.

^a,b,c

Means with different superscript in the same row differ significantly at p < 0.05.

^*

Groups; CON: control, AB: antibiotic growth promoter, ORG: organic acid, PHY: phytogenic feed additives, COM: combination.