TABLE 3.
Items | PC | PA | PG | SEM | P values |
Day 25 | |||||
Duodenum | 1.13a | 1.08a | 0.38b | 0.081 | 0.000 |
Jejunum | 0.75ab | 1.04a | 0.67b | 0.060 | 0.022 |
Ileum | 0.29 | 0.38 | 0.08 | 0.061 | 0.097 |
Small intestine | 2.17a | 2.50a | 1.13b | 0.927 | 0.000 |
Day 42 | |||||
Duodenum | 0.58 | 0.42 | 0.50 | 0.049 | 0.378 |
Jejunum | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.25 | 0.051 | 0.856 |
Ileum | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.027 | 0.147 |
Small intestine | 0.92 | 0.71 | 0.88 | 0.080 | 0.541 |
Data are presented as means ± SEM (n = 12; cage was used as experimental unit). PC, basal diet + SNE; PA, basal diet extra antibiotics + SNE; PG, basal diet extra B. licheniformis + SNE. Means within a row lacking a common superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05).