Table 4.
Effect of fermented products produced by B. licheniformis on the bacterial species richness and evenness in the cecal digesta of broilers.
| Item | NC 1 | PC | FP | SEM | p Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NC vs. PC | PC vs. FP | FP vs. NC | |||||
| Chao1 | 63.0 | 73.7 | 74.3 | 2.19 | 0.016 | 0.871 | 0.033 |
| Fisher alpha | 7.1 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 0.29 | 0.031 | 0.879 | 0.045 |
| Shannon | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 0.12 | 0.004 | 0.151 | 0.016 |
| Enspie | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 0.33 | 0.002 | 0.324 | 0.061 |
1 NC = Basal diet; PC = Basal diet in combination with the coccidial challenge; FP = Basal diet plus 1 g/kg of B. licheniformis-fermented products in combination with the coccidial challenge.