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Table 5 Main effect of dietary selenium sources and Vit E levels on ceacum microbial population of 42-day broiler chickens

From: Effects of vitamin E, inorganic selenium, bacterial organic selenium, and their combinations on immunity response in broiler chickens

Parameters

Se

Vit E

SEM

p values

Log 10 copy no/g ceacum

NS

SS

ADS18-Se

0

100

Se

Vit

Se*Vit

Lactobacilli spp.

6.91b

6.98b

7.74a

7.03

7.33

0.099

0.001

0.699

0.060

Bifidobacteria spp.

7.01b

7.57ab

8.21a

7.40

7.65

0.163

0.029

0.489

0.145

Enterobacteria spp.

4.20

4.02

4.53

4.23

4.25

0.087

0.146

0.914

0.784

Enterococcus spp.

6.86

7.25

6.88

7.08

6.76

0.081

0.128

0.118

0.240

E.coli

4.56a

4.33ab

4.21b

4.44

4.34

0.049

0.012

0.315

0.787

Salmonella spp.

3.41a

3.04ab

2.80b

3.38a

2.84b

0.105

0.031

0.006

0.126

  1. a-bMeans with different superscripts within a row-subgroup are significantly different (P < 0.05). NS no Se supplement, SS sodium selenite, ADS18-Se bacterial organic Se. Experimental unit, (n = 12)