Table 4.

Microbial composition (CFU/g) of the ileum and faeces of piglets.

Item	Feeding groups1
	C	FR	FR/FS	FS/FR	FS	SEM
Ileum
Total number of bacteria	1.3 × 105b	1.4 × 105b	6.8 × 106a	2.8 × 105b	1.4 × 104d	5.4 × 105
Total number of fungi	3.7 × 103a	1.3 × 103c	3.5 × 103ab	3.6 × 103ab	3.2 × 103b	2.4 × 103
Total number of coliforms	2.3 × 105a	1.2 × 105b	1.5 × 104d	4.0 × 104c	2.1 × 105a	2.3 × 104
Total number of Escherichia coli	3.2 × 105a	1.2 × 105c	1.3 × 104e	5.1 × 104d	2.5 × 105b	3.1 × 104
Faeces
Total number of bacteria	3.4 × 105a	3.7 × 104c	8.5 × 104b	2.7 × 104c	8.1 × 103d	3.3 × 104
Total number of fungi	7.2 × 102a	5 × 101c	4.1 × 101 cd	1.0 × 102b	1.4 × 101d	7.3 × 101
Total number of coliforms	1.4 × 105a	2.5 × 104b	2.6 × 104b	1.5 × 104c	7.3 × 103d	1.3 × 104
Total number of Escherichia coli	8.7 × 104a	2.6 × 104b	2.4 × 104b	1.5 × 104c	7.3 × 103d	7.7 × 103
Total number of anaerobic bacteria Clostridium perfringens	1.7 × 106a	1.5 × 106b	2.0 × 105d	6.6 × 105c	1.2 × 106b	1.5 × 105

^a,b,c,dValues in rows marked with different letters differ significantly at p ≤ 0.05.

¹Feeding groups: C—control; FR—group receiving a diet with 8% FRSM; FR/FS—group receiving a diet with 6% FRSM and 2% FSBM; FS/FR—group receiving a diet with 6% FSBM and 2% FRSM; FS—group receiving a diet with 8% FSBM.