3.2. Intestinal microbial counts
The log colony forming unit values of enterobacteria and lactobacillus and the enterobacteria to and lactobacillus ratio (E:L) determined in the ileal contents at 21 and 35d of experiment are presented in Table3.
At d 21,no differences were observed for enterobacteria between the broiler chickens fed the control diet and those fed the diet supplemented with 100mg/kg of clove product.
However, the inclusion of 100mg/kg of clove product increased the number of lactobacillus (Po0.05), resulting in a decreased E:L(Po0.05). No treatment differences were observed at d 35 between groups.