Table 6.

Effects of monobutyrin supplementation on genus level taxonomic compositon (%) of the cecal microbiota of broiler breeders.

Item	CG	BY	SEM	P Value
Bacteroides	19.11	18.22	2.132	0.77
Unidentified Lachnospiraceae	7.24	5.38	1.610	0.43
Fusobacterium	4.31	5.89	1.715	0.53
Faecalibacterium	5.95	4.22	1.300	0.36
Megamonas	2.72	1.88	0.693	0.41
Desulfovibrio	2.67	2.34	0.543	0.68
Unidentified Ruminococcaceae	2.18	2.54	0.289	0.39
Phascolarctobacterium	2.34	2.25	0.359	0.87
Methanocorpusculum	0.52	1.15	0.396	0.28
Olsenella	0.86	0.67	0.299	0.67
Mucispirillum	0.59	0.14	0.300	0.31
Collinsella	0.47	0.11	0.281	0.38
Lactobacillus	0.98	0.63	0.239	0.32
Butyricicoccus	1.15	1.23	0.185	0.76
Intestinimonas	1.41	1.07	0.131	0.10
Alloprevotella	0.46	0.77	0.169	0.22
Unidentified bacteria	0.77	0.76	0.223	0.97
Synergistes	0.48	0.62	0.189	0.61
Shuttleworthia	0.74	0.75	0.161	0.96
Unidentified Clostridiales	0.62	0.81	0.156	0.41
Others	44.52	48.61	2.069	0.19

Abbreviations: BY, monobutyrin group; CG, control group.