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Table 5 Chao1 (alpha) diversity index of intestinal microbiota with administration of EC12, SCE, and mixture of EC12 and SCE in weaning pigs without ETEC infection

From: Effects of organic acid, Enterococcus faecalis strain EC-12 and sugar cane extract in feed against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli-induced diarrhea in pigs

 

Treatmenta

SEM

CO

EC

SC

MI

Jejunum

153.6

337.5*

379.0*

253.1*

25.1

Ileum

140.4

300.4*

420.5*

452.7*

32.4

Cecum

729.7

698.0*

677.9*

703.3*

14.2

  1. aCO (Control); basal diet only, EC; with EC12 (0.1 %, w /w),SC; with SCE (1.0 %, w /w), MI (Mix); with EC12 (0.005 %, w /w) and SCE (0.25 %, w /w). * Means within rows are significantly different (P < 0.05 vs. CO group)
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