Table 7.
Cecal microbiota of growing Japanese quail as affected by licorice powder.
| Licorice levels (mg/kg diet) |
P value2 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Items | 0 | 250 | 500 | 750 | 1000 | SEM1 | Linear | Quadratic |
| Microbiological count (Log CFU/g)3 | ||||||||
| TBC | 5.97 | 5.06 | 4.31 | 5.04 | 4.96 | 0.083 | <.0001 | <.0001 |
| TYMC | 5.08 | 4.15 | 4.87 | 4.85 | 4.64 | 0.125 | 0.6676 | 0.1820 |
| Coliform | 5.90 | 4.97 | 4.98 | 4.24 | 4.80 | 0.069 | <.0001 | <.0001 |
| E. coli | 5.85 | 4.95 | 4.22 | 4.97 | 4.75 | 0.062 | <.0001 | <.0001 |
| Lactic acid bacteria | 5.90 | 4.38 | 5.00 | 6.11 | 5.06 | 0.093 | 0.8860 | 0.0052 |
| Enterococcus | 5.13 | 5.06 | 4.88 | 4.91 | 4.87 | 0.142 | 0.1817 | 0.1817 |
| Salmonella | 6.25 | 5.03 | 4.88 | 3.72 | 3.92 | 0.124 | <.0001 | 0.0031 |
1
Standard error means.
2
Linear and quadratic effects.
3
TBC: total bacterial count; TYMC: total yeast and molds count.