TABLE 5.

Effects of B. licheniformis and enramycin the amounts of bacteria (lg CFU/g¹) in cecal digesta of broilers challenged with SNE.

	Items	PC	PA	PG	SEM	P values
Day 25
Cecal digesta	Clostridium perfringens	4.62a	1.75b	4.11a	0.423	0.004
	Escherichia coli	6.67	7.51	6.52	0.229	0.166
	Lactobacillus	10.15	9.83	9.48	0.222	0.495
Liver	Clostridium perfringens	1.56a	0.17b	1.46a	0.233	0.011
Day 42
Cecal digesta	Clostridium perfringens	1.24	1.53	0.90	0.270	0.657
	Escherichia coli	6.75b	7.73a	6.83b	0.154	0.007
	Lactobacillus	8.69	8.16	8.26	0.178	0.469
Liver	Clostridium perfringens	0.38	0.17	0.27	0.127	0.804

Data are presented as means ± SEM (n = 6; 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).

¹lg CFU/g, log 10 colony-forming units per gram of cecal digesta.