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Table 5 Ruminal microbial population (log₁₀ microbial/mL) in post-weaning lambs supplemented with and without postbiotics

From: Effects of postbiotic supplementation on growth performance, ruminal fermentation and microbial profile, blood metabolite and GHR, IGF-1 and MCT-1 gene expression in post-weaning lambs

Parameters	Control	Postbiotic	SEM	P-value
Total bacteria	10.62	10.96	0.10	0.09
F. succinogenes	4.57^a	5.81^b	0.32	0.04
R. flavefaciens	11.58^a	13.06^b	0.30	0.01
R. albus	10.78	11.08	0.62	0.83
Protozoa	6.52	5.58	0.26	0.07
Methanogens	10.76^a	10.03^b	0.12	0.03

^a,b Different superscripts in each row are significantly different (P < 0.05). Experimental unit, (n = 6)

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