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Table 4.

The effect of Silymarin supplementation on microbes in broilers

Items	Silymarin				SEM	p-value

	0%	0.02%	0.04%	0.06%		Linear	Quadratic
d 35 (log₁₀cfu/g)
Lactobacillus	7.60^b	7.69^ab	7.87^a	7.88^a	0.19	0.038	0.361
Escherichia coli	6.16	5.80	5.60	5.62	0.22	0.075	0.327
Salmonella	5.23	4.64	4.55	4.60	0.29	0.113	0.232

SEM, standard error of means.

^a,b

Means in the same row with different superscripts differ (p<0.05).