Table 6. Effects of dietary supplementation of turmeric extract on cecal microflora in broiler chicks^1),2)

	NC	PC	Turmeric extract		SEM	p-value
	NC	PC	20 ppm	200 ppm	SEM	p-value
	---------- log10 CFU/g contents ----------
Coliform bacteria	5.36^a	5.01^b	5.12^b	5.14^b	0.21	<0.05
Salmonella spp.	3.38	2.95	3.07	3.00	0.08	0.07
Lactic acid bacteria	8.76	8.61	8.81	8.75	0.24	0.21

Data are least squares means of 6 observations per treatment.
NC, antibiotic-free diet; PC, basal diet with avilamycin+salinomycin.
Means within the same row with no common superscripts differ significantly (p<0.05).