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Table 6.

Bacteriology as affected by different levels of fumaric acid.

Items	Fumaric acid level (g/kg diet)					SEM	P value
Items	0	5	10	15	20	SEM	P value
Caecal bacterial count (Log CFU/g)
Total bacterial count	8.51^b	8.54^b	8.45^b	8.67^a	8.55^b	0.023	0.0169
Lactobacillus	7.41^d	7.64^c	7.94^b	8.89^a	7.45^d	0.047	<0.0001
Coliform	5.12^a	4.33^b	3.90^c	4.41^b	4.28^b	0.052	<0.0001
E. coli	4.29^a	3.38^b	3.46^b	3.05^c	3.27^bc	0.071	<0.0001
Salmonella	4.52^a	3.12^b	3.26^b	3.20^b	3.13^b	0.073	<0.0001

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Means within the same row with different common superscripts differ significantly.