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Table 1 Effect of prebiotics and probiotics on growth performance, feed intake and feed conversion ratio (FCR)

From: Effects of prebiotics in combination with probiotics on intestinal hydrolase activity, microbial population and immunological biomarkers in SD rats fed an AIN-93G diet

Item

Treatment group*

Significance (p value)

CELL

CELPRO

OATS

OATPRO

PRE

PRO

PRE*PRO

Initial BW, g

256.56 ± 11.67

248.90 ± 10.53

251.44 ± 12.38

247.23 ± 9.91

0.68

0.08

0.31

Final BW, g

362.92 ± 16.68

350.17 ± 14.59

348.75 ± 12.71

342.08 ± 15.65

0.16

0.22

0.69

Gain, g

106.36 ± 9.90

101.28 ± 4.49

97.31 ± 8.85

94.86 ± 9.28

0.09

0.39

0.76

Feed intake, g/4-wks

624.75 ± 13.33a

614.32 ± 5.44a

554.31 ± 10.87b

560.94 ± 14.32b

0.01

0.75

0.16

FCR

5.91 ± 0.56

6.08 ± 0.25

5.74 ± 0.62

5.97 ± 0.71

0.62

0.50

0.91

  1. *CELL (5% of cellulose), CELPRO (5% of cellulose + 1% of probiotics), OATS (5% of oatmeal), and OATPRO (5% of oatmeal + 1% of probiotics) groups
  2. Prebiotics and probiotics are abbreviated as PRE and PRO, respectively
  3. Probiotics contained L. plantarum (1 * 106), B. subtilis (1 * 106), and S. cerevisiae (1 * 106)
  4. Values indicate mean ± SD (n = 10)
  5. a,bMean within a same column with no common superscript differ significantly among the treatment groups (p < 0.05)
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