. 2021 Jul 15;8:696841. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.696841

Table 6.

The effects of substitution of corn–soybean diet with FFB on cecal beneficial and pathogenic microorganisms (log₁₀ CFU/g fresh digesta).

	Control	FFB 5%	FFB 15%	FFB 25%	FFB 35%	SEM	p-value
Lactobacillus spp.	5.06^c	5.46^c	5.42^c	6.56^b	7.16^a	0.04	<0.001
Bifidobacterium spp.	4.08^e	4.40^d	4.98^d	5.68^c	6.06^a	0.02	0.04
Escherichia coli	4.28^a	4.20^a	3.66^b	3.36^b	3.22^b	0.16	<0.001
Clostridium perfringens	3.94^a	3.04^b	2.24^c	1.90^d	1.80^d	0.02	<0.001

^a−d

Means within the same row carrying different superscripts are significantly different at (p < 0.05).

SEM, standard error of the mean; FFB 5%, basal diet substituted with 5% FFB; FFB 15%, basal diet substituted with 15% FFB; FFB 25%, basal diet substituted with 25% FFB; FFB 35%, basal diet substituted with 35% FFB.