Bacteriophage cocktail supplementation improves growth performance, gut microbiome and production traits in broiler chickens

Table 4 The effect of bacteriophage cocktail supplementation on excreta microbial counts in broilers^a

Items, log₁₀ cfu/mL	PC	CON	BP 0.05	BP 0.10	SEM^b	P-value
Items, log₁₀ cfu/mL	PC	0%	0.05%	0.10%	SEM^b	PC vs. CON	CON vs. BP 0.05, BP 0.10	PC vs. BP 0.05, BP 0.10	Linear	Quadratic
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Lactobacillus	8.93	8.99	9.115	9.206	0.096	0.6578	0.1551	0.058	0.0833	0.8632
E. coli	5.524	5.552	5.566	5.706	0.129	0.8789	0.5985	0.4835	0.3863	0.6798
Clostridium perfringens	5.512	5.601	5.543	5.529	0.142	0.6607	0.7111	0.8911	0.6689	0.8789
Salmonella	4.096	4.168	4.128	4.118	0.114	0.6581	0.7493	0.8478	0.733	0.9058

^a Abbreviation: CON Basal diet without antibiotics or bacteriophage; PC CON + 0.025% AVILAMIX®; BP 0.05 CON + 0.05% Bacteriophage; BP 0.10 CON + 0.10% Bacteriophage
^b Standard error of means
Values represent the means of 7 cages with 18 chickens per replication cage

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