Table 4.
The effect of food supplementation with Aspergillus niger on the number of intestinal microbial (log 10 cfu/g) located in broilers on day 42.
| Treatments | Cecum | Ileum | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escherichia coli | Bifidobacterium | Lactobacillus | Escherichia coli | Bifidobacterium | Lactobacillus | |
| C | 8.89a | 7.45±0.56b | 7.86±0.37b | 7.51a | 6.06b | 7.33±0.91c |
| A1 | 8.46b | 8.23±0.33ab | 8.85±0.54a | 7.35a | 6.26b | 8.85±0.58b |
| A2 | 7.23bc | 8.56±0.67a | 9.32±0.76a | 6.12b | 6.24b | 8.93±0.39b |
| A3 | 7.13c | 8.69±0.56a | 9.47±0.91a | 6.02b | 7.39a | 9.15±0.69a |
| A4 | 7.25bc | 8.65±0.76a | 9.29±0.83a | 6.06b | 7.26a | 9.09±0.86ab |
| A5 | 7.31bc | 8.57±0.62a | 9.36±0.76a | 6.09b | 7.32a | 9.06±0.90ab |
| SEM | 0.219 | 0.238 | 0.284 | 0.221 | 0.244 | 0.201 |
| p | 0.018 | 0.022 | 0.034 | 0.042 | 0.029 | 0.011 |