Table 3 Microbial cell counts (log ₁₀ /g wet weight) in the digesta of the stomach and caecum of suckling piglets, where the mother sows received either a diet without (C) or with inulin (I)

Eubacteria

10.3 ± 0.26^a

11.0 ± 0.25^b

11.7 ± 0.37

11.7 ± 0.33

Enterobacteria

4.56 ± 0.87^a

3.45 ± 0.50^b

9.02 ± 0.66

8.58 ± 1.20

Enterococci

7.24 ± 0.45

7.21 ± 0.74

6.76 ± 0.49^a

7.57 ± 0.46^b

Bifidobacteria

3.89 ± 0.70

5.04 ± 1.83

5.16 ± 0.91

5.57 ± 1.29

Lactobacilli

9.31 ± 0.88

9.06 ± 0.97

10.0 ± 1.23

9.94 ± 1.49

   L. reuteri

8.23 ± 0.63

7.81 ± 0.84

8.40 ± 0.50

8.13 ± 0.62

   L. amylovorus

9.28 ± 0.32^a

8.17 ± 0.66^b

9.26 ± 0.69

9.28 ± 0.79

   L. johnsonii

7.05 ± 0.69

6.45 ± 0.93

6.76 ± 0.79

6.22 ± 1.09

   L. mucosae

7.61 ± 0.82

6.78 ± 1.42

7.95 ± 0.89

7.97 ± 1.31

C. leptum

6.70 ± 0.31

6.40 ± 0.89

10.0 ± 0.78^a

10.8 ± 0.15^b

C. coccoides

7.02 ± 0.93

6.66 ± 1.02

10.3 ± 0.78

10.7 ± 0.43

BPP

6.14 ± 1.12

5.43 ± 1.72

9.87 ± 0.74

10.3 ± 0.32