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Table 6 Relative abundance 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

Family

Treatmenta

CO

EC

SC

MI

SEM

Jejunum

   Enterobacteriaceae

71.25

8.75*

13.50*

15.00*

6.67

   Pasteurellaceae

22.25

22.25

21.75

13.90

4.70

   Clostridiaceae

0.18

36.33*

1.15

0.05*

4.83

   Lactobacillaceae

0.03

5.37*

6.81*

2.32

0.92

   Weeksellaceae

0.00

0.55

15.06*

0.01

2.00

Ileum

   Enterobacteriaceae

51.75

6.75*

34.25*

4.00*

5.12

   Pasteurellaceae

40.75

65.00*

43.75

54.25*

2.89

   Lachnospiraceae

0.01

0.18

1.50*

3.25*

0.35

   Clostridiaceae

0.31

6.15*

0.43

2.00

0.74

   Lactobacillaceae

0.04

3.34*

0.22

0.24

0.42

Cecum

   Prevotellaceae

17.75

18.75

17.25

17.75

1.20

   Ruminococcaceae

15.25

15.25

17.75

16.00

0.95

   Lachnospiraceae

11.25

11.25

13.00

13.75

0.84

   Lactobacillaceae

11.25

9.00

7.00

10.75

1.94

   Paraprevotellaceae

10.50

8.75

9.75

9.75

1.35

  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). Data are presented as mean of relative abundance (%)
  2. *Means within rows are significantly different (P < 0.05 vs. CO group)