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

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

Parameters	Se			Vit E		SEM	p values
Log 10 copy no/g ceacum	NS	SS	ADS18-Se	0	100	SEM	Se	Vit	Se*Vit
Lactobacilli spp.	6.91^b	6.98^b	7.74^a	7.03	7.33	0.099	0.001	0.699	0.060
Bifidobacteria spp.	7.01^b	7.57^ab	8.21^a	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	4.56^a	4.33^ab	4.21^b	4.44	4.34	0.049	0.012	0.315	0.787
Salmonella spp.	3.41^a	3.04^ab	2.80^b	3.38^a	2.84^b	0.105	0.031	0.006	0.126

^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)

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