Table 6.

Concentration (log cfu/g) of microorganisms in the intestinal contents of 42-day-old broiler chickens ¹.

Item	SBM	CPR	SEM	p-Value
Total aerobic mesophilic bacteria count	3.36	4.29	0.432	0.039
Total count of bacteria	4.15	4.86	0.207	0.151
Total count of coliforms	2.26	3.98	0.341	0.024
Total count of fungi	1.50	1.56	0.105	0.752

¹ Data represent the mean of 10 broiler chickens per treatment. SBM—100% protein comes from soybean meal; CPR—the protein originated form soybean meal was replaced by 50% chickpea protein; SEM—standard error of the mean.