Effect of antimicrobial growth promoter administration on the intestinal microbiota of beef cattle

Table 2 Group significance pairwise comparisons of T-RFLP bacterial community fingerprints associated with mucosa or within digesta between beef cattle administered (AS700) or not administered antimicrobial growth promoters (Control) ^a

^a All samples consisted of five replicate animals per treatment, with the exception of digesta from the central jejunum of treatment cattle (n = 3), from the ileum of control and AS700 treatment cattle (n = 3), and from the cecum and descending colon of AS700 treated cattle (n = 4). The two p-values presented per comparison reflect inter-group variability.
*Significant difference (P ≤ 0.05 and P > 0.01) between mucosa and digesta by treatment/location for each of T-RF presence and T-RF relative abundance (i.e. mucosa compared to digesta and visa-versa).
**Highly significant difference (P ≤ 0.01) between mucosa and digesta.

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