Table 7.
Identification of microbes isolated from ceca in broiler chicks1,2,3

Item PCA MRS MC
Control Enterococcus faecium E. coli Lactobacillus salivarius Lactobacillus salivarius Lactobacillus johnsonii Uncultured Lactobacillus sp. E. coli
T1 Uncultured Lactobacillus Uncultured Bacterium Enterococcus sp. Lactobacillus salivarius Lactobacillus johnsonii E. coli
T2 E. coli Lactobacillus salivarius Enterococcus faecalis Lactobacillus salivarius Enterococcus lactis Uncultured Bacterium E. coli E. coli
T3 E. coli Lactobacillus salivarius Lactobacillus salivarius Lactobacillus johnsonii Enterococcus faecium E. coli Proteus sp.
T4 Staphylococcus epidermidis Uncultured Streptococcus Lactobacillus salivarius Dermacoccus sp. Uncultured Lactobacillus Enterococcus faecium Lactobacillus salivarius E. coli
PCA, total plate count agar; MRS, MRS agar; MC, MacConkey agar.
Control diet, balanced diet; T1, diet with reduction of 100 kcal ME/kg and 1% of CP and addition of 4,000 μ/g xylanase, 400 μ/g α-amylase, and 8,000 μ/g protease; T2, diet with reduction of 100 kcal ME/kg and 1% of CP and addition of 800 μ/g β-mannanase; T3, diet with reduction of 100 kcal ME/kg and 1% of CP and addition of 2,200 μ/g xylanase and 200 μ/g β-glucanase; T4, diet with reduction of 100 kcal ME/kg and 1% of CP and addition of 1,000 μ/g xylanase.
Data are expressed as means of six chicks per dietary group.