Table 3.

Evaluation of bone strength and bone composition in neonatal female turkey poults fed with a rye–soybean–based diet with or without dietary inclusion of a Bacillus direct-fed microbial (DFM) at day 10 of age (Trial 2).

Treatment	Tibia strength load at yield (kg/mm2)	Tibia diameter (mm)	Total ash from tibia (%)	Calcium (% of ash)	Phosphorus (% of ash)
Control	0.36 ± 0.12b	3.45 ± 0.32b	37.61 ± 0.81b	22.35 ± 0.07b	15.35 ± 0.42b
DFM	0.54 ± 0.23a	5.02 ± 0.48a	52.17 ± 0.75a	44.31 ± 0.46a	24.77 ± 0.39a

^a,bSuperscripts within columns indicate significant difference at P < 0.05.

Data are expressed as mean ± SE, n = 12 tibias.