Effects of dietary Bacillus amyloliquefaciens supplementation on growth performance, intestinal morphology, inflammatory response, and microbiota of intra-uterine growth retarded weanling piglets

Table 10 Effects of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens on intestinal microbiota abundance of weanling piglets with intra-uterine growth retardation

Items^a		NBW-CON (NC group)	IUGR-CON (IC group)	IUGR-BA (IB group)	SEM	Contrast
Items^a		NBW-CON (NC group)	IUGR-CON (IC group)	IUGR-BA (IB group)	SEM	NC vs. IC	IC vs. IB
Jejunum	Total bacteria^b, log₁₀ copies/g	9.52	9.65	9.50	0.11	0.888	0.857
	Lactobacillus^b, log₁₀ copies/g	6.75	6.61	7.09	0.17	0.942	0.502
	Escherichia coli^c, log₁₀ copies/g	6.20	6.87	6.00	0.14	0.223	0.028
	Bacillus^b, log₁₀ copies/g	4.38	4.39	4.69	0.11	1.000	0.507
	Bifidobacterium^b, log₁₀ copies/g	2.90	2.82	3.12	0.09	0.931	0.398
Ileum	Total bacteria^c, log₁₀ copies/g	10.12	10.26	10.20	0.09	NS	NS
	Lactobacillus^b, log₁₀ copies/g	7.79	7.02	8.03	0.17	0.105	0.030
	Escherichia coli^c, log₁₀ copies/g	6.12	7.20	6.39	0.16	0.033	0.198
	Bacillus^c, log₁₀ copies/g	4.85	4.63	5.37	0.15	NS	NS
	Bifidobacterium^b, log₁₀ copies/g	3.65	3.00	3.76	0.11	0.019	0.007

^aIUGR-BA piglets with intrauterine growth retardation fed the Bacillus amyloliquefaciens-supplemented diet, IUGR-CON piglets with intrauterine growth retardation fed the control diet, NBW-CON piglets with normal birth weight fed the control diet, NS nonsignificant values after Kruskal–Wallis comparison test
^bOne-way ANOVA test. A value of P < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant
^cNon-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test. A value of P < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant

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