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Table 4 Effects of Clostridium butyricum on the concentrations of serum LPS and DAO in broilers1

From: Effects of dietary supplementation of probiotic, Clostridium butyricum, on growth performance, immune response, intestinal barrier function, and digestive enzyme activity in broiler chickens challenged with Escherichia coli K88

Items

Age of (post-ch)2

Experimental treats

Statistics

NC

PC

CB

CS

SEM

P-value

Endotoxin, EU/mL

3d

0.460b

0.738a

0.704a

0.734a

0.025

<0.01

7d

0.455b

0.640a

0.586a

0.578a

0.027

<0.01

14d

0.327b

0.413a

0.335ab

0.347ab

0.024

0.070

21d

0.252c

0.380a

0.304bc

0.332ab

0.023

<0.01

DAO, U/mL

3d

2.559b

8.823a

7.493a

8.056a

0.498

<0.01

7d

1.570b

8.649a

7.121a

7.496a

0.617

<0.01

14d

1.250c

6.254a

4.194b

4.201b

0.527

<0.01

21d

0.819c

3.952a

2.419b

3.060ab

0.424

<0.01

  1. a-cMeans in the same row with different superscript letters differ significantly (P < 0.05)
  2. 1Each mean represents 6 birds. NC = birds fed a basal diet without challenged with E. coli K88; PC = birds fed a basal diet and challenged with E. coli K88. CB = birds fed a basal diet including 2 × 107 CFU C. butyricum/kg of diet and challenged with E. coli K88. CS = birds fed a basal diet including 20 mg colistin sulfate/kg of diet and challenged with E. coli K88
  3. 2The days after challenging