Table 2 Microbiological composition of the contents of the small intestine of weaners.

From: Effect of fermented rapeseed meal in the mixture for growing pigs on the gastrointestinal tract, antioxidant status, and immune response

Parameter

C

FRA

FR

SEM

Pvalue

Total aerobic bacteria

7.3 × 104a

1.2 × 106c

1.6 × 105b

198,225.8

0.027

Total yeasts and moulds

1.3 × 103

6.3 × 103

8.5 × 103

1564.5

0.258

Total Clostridium perfringens

1.9 × 103

1.2 × 103

1.5 × 103

286.97

0.698

Total Lactobacillus

5.7 × 106b

1.6 × 107a

3.2 × 107a

3,559,096

0.006

Coliform bacteria

4.6 × 104

3.6 × 104

4.4 × 104

6249.6

0.796

Escherichia coli

4.5 × 104

3.3 × 104

4.1 × 104

6370.0

0.431

Salmonella

ng

ng

ng

–

–

  1. Feeding groups: C control group, FRA weaners receiving a diet with 8% FRSMb and feed additives, FR weaners receiving a diet with 8% FRSMb without feed additives.
  2. SEM standard error of the mean, ng no growth.
  3. a,b,cMeans within a row with different superscripts differ significantly (p ≤ 0.05).
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