Effect of Probiotics and Herbal Products on Intestinal Histomorphological and Immunological Development in Piglets

Table 1

Effects of probiotics and herbal products on intestinal microbiota (mean ± SEM).

Site and microbiota (log10 cfu·g^−1)	Group				value
	C	Pro	Pro+B	H
Jejunum
Enterobacteriaceae	5.29 ± 2.690	3.92 ± 0.563	3.04 ± 0.850	2.99 ± 0.671	0.4703
Escherichia coli	4.74 ± 2.210	3.54 ± 0.457	3.96 ± 0.826	2.99 ± 0.670	0.5938
Lactobacillus spp.	6.27 ± 0.815^b	7.75 ± 0.242^a	6.62 ± 0.140^ab	5.98 ± 0.511^b	0.0354
Colon
Enterobacteriaceae	5.80 ± 0.804^x	5.57 ± 0.290^xy	4.00 ± 1.043^xy	3.55 ± 0.279^y	0.0937
Escherichia coli	4.86 ± 0.613	5.21 ± 0.256	3.88 ± 0.989	3.51 ± 0.293	0.2136
Lactobacillus spp.	6.48 ± 0.265^y	7.99 ± 0.031^x	7.12 ± 0.417^xy	7.12 ± 0.375^xy	0.0842

SEM: standard error of measurements. ^a,bMean values within a row with different superscript letters are significantly different . ^x,yMean values within a row with different superscript indicate a tendency for difference between groups at 0.05 <  < 0.10.