Table 1.
Nutritional composition of study diets.
| Content | − PD |
+ PD |
|---|---|---|
| Metabolisable energy a | 17,364 kJ/kg (4150 kcal/kg) | 17,364 kJ/kg (4150 kcal/kg) |
| Crude protein a | 25% | 25% |
| Crude fat a | 15% | 15% |
| Carbohydrate a | 44% | 44% |
| Crude ash a | 7% | 7% |
| Crude fibre a | 2.2% | 2.2% |
|
E. faecium NCIMB 10415 b |
<10 CFU/kg c |
3.8–5.0 × 109 CFU/kg |
Dietary composition of two dry kibble diets used in the present study. −PD; control diet without added probiotic, +PD; probiotic diet, the same diet as the control diet with 3.8–5.0 × 109 CFU/kg Enteroccocus faecium NCIMB 10415 incorporated. CFU: cell forming units. a As stated by the manufacturer of the diet (Bacterfield GmBH, Hamburg, Germany). b Analysis by ALS Laboratories, UK prior to the study. c Below detectable concentration.