Pretreatment with probiotics Enterococcus faecium NCIMB 11181 attenuated Salmonella Typhimurium-induced gut injury through modulating intestinal microbiome and immune responses with barrier function in broiler chickens

Table 3 Effect of dietary Enterococcus faecium NCIMB 11181 supplementation on broiler chicken performance challenged with Salmonella Typhimurium

Items	ST¹	Body weight, g/bird		Body weight gain, g/bird
Items	ST¹	d 10	d 18	d 1–10	d 11–18
Dosage, mg/kg
0	–	182	500	144	318
200	–	193	530	154	337
0	+	183	482	144	298
200	+	176	458	138	281
SEM²		2.78	9.87	2.73	7.60
Main factors
0		183	491	144	308
200		185	494	146	309
Non-challenged		188	515^a	149	327^a
Challenged		180	470^b	141	290^b
Main factors and Interaction (P value)³
Enterococcus faecium		0.697	0.819	0.694	0.905
Challenged		0.161	0.011	0.176	0.006
Enterococcus faecium × Challenged		0.108	0.082	0.136	0.106

¹Challenged with Salmonella Typhimurium; –, without ST challenged; +, with ST challenged
²SEM, standard error of the mean
³P-value represent the main effect of the diet, the main effect of ST challenged, and the interaction between the dietary treatments and ST challenged
^a,bMeans in the same column without common superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05)

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