Table 5.

Effects of experimental diets on microbial population in the ileum and cecum of laying hens

Items	Experimental diets1)					SEM	p-value
	Control	5% WB+Phy	10% WB+Phy	5% PCFWH	10% PCFWH
Lactic acid bacteria (log CFU/g)
Ileum	8.08	8.40	8.48	8.74	8.21	0.39	0.800
Cecum	9.10	9.03	9.24	9.28	8.97	0.19	0.765
Coliform (log CFU/g)
Ileum	2.90	3.76	3.37	3.15	3.00	0.48	0.809
Cecum	6.33	6.61	6.12	7.41	6.82	0.33	0.103

Each value represents the mean of four replicates.

WB, wheat bran; Phy, WB added with phytase; PCFWH, fermented WB supplemented with molasses and phytase; SEM, standard error of the mean; CFU, colony-forming unit.

¹⁾Control, basal diet; 5% WB+Phy, diet with 5% WB and 250 unit/kg phytase; 10% WB+Phy, diet with 10% WB and 250 unit/kg phytase; 5% PCFWH, diet with 5% PCFWH and 125 unit/kg phytase; 10% PCFWH, diet with 10% PCFWH.