Table 7.

Effect of dietary Bacillus toyonensis and Bifidobacterium bifidum on total bacterial counts, coliform, and total fungi (log₁₀ CFU/g) in the basal diet after 1, 3, and 6 wk.

Treatments	Total bacterial count			Coliform			Total fungi (log10 CFU/g)
	1 wk	3 wk	6 wk	1 wk	3 wk	6 wk	1 wk	3 wk	6 wk
T1	6.49b	6.53a	6.41b,c	4.93a	4.45a	4.65a	3.51a	4.13a	4.48a
T2	6.40d	6.28f	6.11e	4.46d	4.13b	4.32c,d	2.32d,e	3.52a,b	2.56c
T3	6.45c	6.45b,c,d	6.45b,c	4.49d	4.31a,b	4.54a,b	2.12e	2.88b,c,d	2.81b,c
T4	6.39d	6.42d,e	6.33d	4.86a	4.31a,b	4.34c,d	2.84b,c,d	3.53a,b	2.72b,c
T5	6.44c	6.44c,d,e	6.40b,c	4.55c,d	4.12b	4.20d,e	2.61d,e	3.09b,c,d	2.65c
T6	6.45c	6.46b,c	6.43b,c	4.87a	3.12c	4.43b,c	2.66c,d,e	2.57d	2.49c
T7	6.55a	6.47b	6.39c,d	4.86a	4.14b	4.42b,c	3.23a,b	2.69c,d	2.85b,c
T8	6.55a	6.51a	6.51a	4.65b,c	4.45a	4.14e	3.33a,b	3.40a,b,c	2.62c
T9	6.57a	6.45b,c,d	6.47a,b	4.81a	4.33a,b	4.31c,d	3.19a,b,c	2.85b,c,d	3.47b
T10	6.47b,c	6.40e	6.42b,c	4.79a,b	4.20b	4.09e	3.37a,b	2.60c,d	3.24b,c
P-value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
SEM	0.025	0.015	0.041	0.035	0.042	0.38	0.095	0.085	0.075

Means in the same column within each classification bearing different letters are significantly (P < 0.05) different.