Table 5.
Microbial composition in the ceca digesta of 21-day-old broilers at domain and phylum levels significantly (P < 0.05) affected by studied dietary treatments.
Taxonomy | Vac | Treatments | SEM | P values | |||||||
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Control | BACI | CP1 | BP1 | CP+BP | Vac | Treat | V X T | ||||
Domain | Virus | No | 3.89 | 3.79 | 3.86 | 3.66 | 3.97 | 0.16 | 0.02 | 0.48 | 0.31 |
Yes | 4.36 | 4.22 | 3.92 | 4.05 | 3.86 | ||||||
Bacteria | No | 6.73 | 6.71 | 6.94 | 6.81 | 6.78 | 0.08 | 0.51 | 0.12 | 0.46 | |
Yes | 6.57 | 6.77 | 6.57 | 6.83 | 6.84 | ||||||
Archea | No | 3.06 | 2.91 | 3.04 | 2.86 | 2.99 | 0.05 | 0.30 | 0.24 | 0.19 | |
Yes | 3.03 | 2.99 | 2.98 | 3.03 | 3.00 | ||||||
Phyla | Actinobacteria | No | 5.04 | 4.90 | 5.04 | 4.99 | 5.13 | 0.11 | 0.62 | 0.29 | 0.57 |
Yes | 4.87 | 4.96 | 5.08 | 5.22 | 5.17 | ||||||
Bacteroidetes | No | 4.50 | 3.63 | 3.92 | 4.37 | 3.35 | 0.47 | 0.51 | 0.12 | 0.46 | |
Yes | 4.56 | 3.49 | 4.32 | 4.03 | 3.39 | ||||||
Proteobacteria | No | 5.38 | 5.08 | 5.13 | 5.03 | 5.20 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.04 | |
Yes | 5.36 | 5.96 | 5.48 | 5.43 | 5.40 | ||||||
Fusobacteria | No | 2.91 | 2.91 | 2.91 | 2.81 | 2.86 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.84 | 0.89 | |
Yes | 2.72 | 2.54 | 2.82 | 2.66 | 2.72 | ||||||
Dictyoglomi | No | 1.06 | 0.94 | 0.96 | 0.48 | 0.85 | 0.20 | 0.01 | 0.47 | 0.50 | |
Yes | 0.57 | 0.26 | 0.68 | 0.53 | 0.44 | ||||||
Elusimicrobia | No | 1.06 | 0.96 | 1.01 | 0.82 | 1.02 | 0.16 | 0.03 | 0.90 | 0.90 | |
Yes | 0.74 | 0.61 | 0.74 | 0.77 | 0.81 | ||||||
Firmicutes | No | 6.63 | 6.66 | 6.90 | 6.75 | 6.72 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.53 | |
Yes | 6.40 | 6.54 | 6.67 | 6.75 | 6.79 |