Table 4 Effect of the experimental diets on enterobacteria and coliform counts in the ETEC F4 trial
Items | ETEC F4 trial | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
CTR | DIC | RSE | P | |
Ileum digesta | ||||
 Enterobacteria, log10 CFU/g FM | ||||
  4 PI | 6.81 | 6.76 | 0.616 | 0.872 |
  8 PI | 6.71 | 5.38 | 0.783 | 0.004 |
 Coliforms, log10 CFU/g FM | ||||
  4 PI | 6.02 | 6.08 | 0.923 | 0.889 |
  8 PI | 6.51 | 5.33 | 0.829 | 0.013 |
Colon digesta | ||||
 Enterobacteria, log10 CFU/g FM | ||||
  4 PI | 10.7 | 9.9 | 1.16 | 0.213 |
  8 PI | 10.9 | 9.9 | 1.03 | 0.083 |
 Coliforms, log10 CFU/g FM | ||||
  4 PI | 8.9 | 8.9 | 0.99 | 0.974 |
  8 PI | 10.8 | 9.8 | 0.98 | 0.052 |
Ileum mucosa | ||||
 Enterobacteria, log10 CFU/g FM | ||||
  4 PI | 5.94 | 6.32 | 0.860 | 0.383 |
  8 PI | 6.17 | 5.16 | 0.786 | 0.082 |
 Coliforms, log10 CFU/g FM | ||||
  4 PI | 5.53 | 5.47 | 1.117 | 0.921 |
  8 PI | 5.48 | 5.09 | 1.093 | 0.489 |