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TABLE 8.

Mean (±SEM) cecum microbial populations at day 42 in Ross 308 male broilers (n = 24) fed different levels of green tea extract (GTE) or powder (GTP), a neutral control (NC) or a positive control (PC)

	Clostridium perfringens	Coliforms	Lactobacillus
Treatment	(log₁₀ CFU/g)	(log₁₀ CFU/g)	(log₁₀ CFU/g)
NC	2.59^a	7.65^a	7.54^c
PC	2.25^bcd	7.40^cd	6.48^d
GTE0.2	2.34^b	7.56^ab	7.65^b
GTE0.3	2.31^bc	7.54^ab	7.73^ab
GTE0.4	2.22^cd	7.40^cd	7.78^a
GTP1	2.28^bcd	7.48^bc	7.67^b
GTP2	2.20^d	7.39^cd	7.81^a
GTP3	1.80^e	7.34^d	7.82^a
p Value	0.0001	0.0007	0.0001
SEM (standard error of mean)	0.0437	0.0234	0.0873

Means within each column with common superscript do not differ significantly at p < 0.05.

NC: negative control; PC: positive control; GTE: green tea extract; GTP: green tea powder; CFU: colony forming units.