Effects of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell wall addition on feed digestibility, fecal fermentation and microbiota and immunological parameters in adult cats

Table 4 Quantification of fecal bacteria by quantitative real-time PCR (log10 cfu/g of faecal DM) in cats fed with increasing levels of YAM

	Diets^c
Item	CD	SEM^d	YAM 0.3	SEM^d	YAM 0.6	SEM^d	p-value
Bifidobacterium spp.	1.00	–	1.62	2.33	0.89	1.60	0.883
Lactobacillus spp.	1.00	–	0.62	0.98	0.52	1.02	0.376
Clostridium perfringens	1.00^b	–	0.10^a	0.13	0.10^a	0.06	0.023
E. coli – Hafnia alvei – Shigella spp.	1.00	–	0.70	1.09	0.40	1.01	0.420

^a–b Values in the same row with different superscripts differ significantly
^cDiets: CD (control diet); YAM 0.3 (control diet containing 0.3% yeast with active metabolites); YAM 0.6 (control diet containing 0.6% yeast with active metabolites)
^dSEM standard error of the mean

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