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Table 5.

Effect of age on cecal lactic acid bacteria count of broilers (1–10 days).

Days	Cecal Lactic Acid Bacteria (log 10 CFU/g)
Days	Bacilli¹	Cocci²	Bacilli³	Bacilli⁴	Bacilli⁵	Bacilli⁶	Total
1	6.14 ^b	5.53	4.00 ^b	NP	NP	NP	6.11 ^c
2	7.62 ^ab	NP	4.00 ^b	4.00^c	NP	NP	6.63 ^bc
3	7.16 ^ab	NP	NP	5.00 ^bc	4.82	NP	7.99 ^ab
4	9.01 ^a	NP	4.98 ^ab	5.23 ^bc	NP	NP	8.03 ^ab
5	8.54 ^a	NP	4.41 ^ab	5.10 ^bc	NP	NP	8.56 ^a
6	8.68 ^a	NP	4.48 ^ab	NP	NP	4.00	7.69 ^abc
7	7.94 ^ab	NP	6.32 ^a	5.06 ^bc	NP	5.13	8.04 ^ab
8	8.24 ^a	NP	5.20 ^ab	6.99 ^ab	NP	NP	8.38 ^ab
9	8.78 ^a	NP	4.00 ^b	6.02 ^abc	NP	NP	8.79 ^a
10	8.18 ^ab	NP	4.00 ^b	7.85 ^a	NP	NP	8.35 ^ab
SEM±	0.639		0.619	0.727		0.797	0.539
p value	0.019		0.018	0.037		0.394	0.041

^abc Means with different letters in the same column differ from p ≤ 0.05. n = 5. Colony and microscopic morphology on MRS+MB agar: Bacilli¹ = Green colonies Gram-positive rods; Cocci² = White colonies, Gram-positive cocci; Bacilli³ = Green colonies with white halo Gram-positive rods; Bacilli⁴ = White colonies Gram-positive rods; Bacilli⁵ = Green colonies with light green halo Gram-positive rods; Bacilli⁶ = Irregular flat green colonies Gram-positive rods. NP = no presence. SEM: Standard error of the mean.