Spirulina platensis as a growth booster for broiler; Insights into their nutritional, molecular, immunohistopathological, and microbiota modulating effects

Table 5 The impact of feeding S. platensis supplementation on broilers' cecal microbiota count

Items, log10 cfu/g	G1	G2	G3	G4
Total CFU	7.96 ± 0.02^c	7.71 ± 0.01^c	8.25 ± 0.005^b	8.36 ± 0.01^a
Coliform	7.56 ± 0.02 ^c	7.5 ± 0.03 ^c	7.9 ± 0.014 ^b	8.0 ± 0.008 ^a
lactobacillus	7.13 ± 0.03 ^d	7.2 ± 0.02 ^c	7.92 ± 0.01 ^b	8.05 ± 0.01 ^a

G1 Control—basal diet, G2 basal diet plus 0.1% S. platensis, G3: basal diet plus 0.3% S. platensis; G4: basal diet plus 0.5% S. platensis). Data represented as mean value ± standard error (S.E.) where (n = 3/ replicate). Values in the same row with different superscripts are significantly different at P < 0.05

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