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Table 3 Effect of FMT supplementation on growth performance of chicks challenged with S. pullorum

From: Ingestion of Artemisia argyit essential oil combats Salmonella pullorum infections by altering gut microbiota composition in chicks

Time

Items

Groups

P value

NC

SP

FMT

d7

BW g/chick

87.22 ± 3.31a

85.13 ± 4.01a

85.29 ± 3.57a

0.05

d14

160.60 ± 3.38b

131.80 ± 2.88a

155.32 ± 4.39bc

 < 0.05

d1-7

ADG g/chick/d

9.60 ± 0.47a

9.30 ± 0.57a

9.33 ± 0.51a

0.05

d7-14

10.48 ± 0.65b

6.67 ± 0.69a

10.00 ± 0.80bc

 < 0.05

d1-7

ADFI g/chick/d

14.45 ± 1.54a

14.76 ± 1.59a

14.89 ± 1.70a

0.56

d7-14

17.05 ± 1.66b

13.84 ± 1.43a

16.98 ± 2.26b

 < 0.05

d1-7

F/G

1.51 ± 0.18a

1.59 ± 0.17a

1.60 ± 0.20a

0.11

d7-14

1.63 ± 0.16b

1.87 ± 0.06a

1.69 ± 0.02b

 < 0.05

  1. NC negative control, SP positive control (chicks were challenged with S. pullorum from 8 to 10 days of age); FMT group were orally administered faecal microbiota suspension (fresh faeces from chicks fed continuously with Artemisia essential oil for 7 days).
  2. a–c Means within a row with different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05). P-value represent the difference comparison between group NC, SP and FMT groups.