Table 2.
Bacterial taxonomy within the cecal digesta of broilers.
| Item | Challenge1 | Nonchallenge2 | SEM | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phylum | ||||
| Firmicutes | 97.8 | 97.8 | 0.437 | 0.958 |
| Cyanobacteria | 0.51 | 0.78 | 0.261 | 0.303 |
| Lentisphaerae | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.049 | 0.137 |
| Class | ||||
| Clostridia | 97.1 | 97.1 | 0.477 | 0.992 |
| Lentisphaeria | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.049 | 0.137 |
| Synergistia | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.025 | 0.055 |
| Order | ||||
| Clostridiales | 97.0 | 97.0 | 0.485 | 0.871 |
| Victivallales | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.049 | 0.137 |
1,2
The birds were either challenged with 1 mL 20 × cocci vaccine (COCCIVAC-B52, containing E. acerivulina, E. maxima, E. maxima MFP, E. mivati, and E. tenella) in challenge group or gavaged the same amount of distilled water in non-challenge group.