Table 2.
Effect of oral fecal microbiota transplantation from the donor commercial broiler chickens to the recipient native Jing Hong laying chickens on body weight and some carcass traits1.
| Item | Control | FMT | SEM | P-Value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial body weight, g | 29.87 | 30.75 | 0.44 | 0.19 |
| Final Body weight, g | 187.90 | 192.50 | 3.81 | 0.01 |
| Average daily gain, g | 5.64 | 5.77 | 0.13 | 0.01 |
| Feed intake, g/d | 22.27 | 22.29 | 0.32 | 0.12 |
| Feed conversion ratio | 3.98 | 3.84 | 0.15 | 0.01 |
| Breast muscle weight, g | 5.98 | 6.56 | 0.27 | 0.01 |
| Thigh muscle weight, g | 7.60 | 8.94 | 0.38 | 0.01 |
| Liver weight, g | 4.58 | 4.97 | 0.17 | 0.21 |
| Duodenum length, cm | 16.40 | 14.77 | 0.47 | 0.12 |
| Jejunum length, cm | 49.00 | 50.54 | 1.69 | 0.13 |
| Ileum length, cm | 6.77 | 6.45 | 0.24 | 0.12 |
| Cecum length, cm | 6.40 | 5.95 | 0.24 | 0.11 |
1
Values are mean ± SEM. Samples number (n = 11/ group).
*
P ≤ 0.05 considered significant.