Table 5 Effect of advanced chelate technology-based trace minerals (ACTM) on bacterial counts (mean log 10 cfu/g) in the ileum and cecum at 24 days of age observed in broiler chickens infected with a mixture of Eimeria species at 14 days of age.

Item	NC²	Coccidiosis-challenged groups¹				SEM	P-value
Item	NC²	PC	SAL	ACTM50	ACTM100	SEM	P-value
Ileum
Lactobacillus spp.	8.52^a	7.02^b	7.41^ab	7.53^ab	7.62^ab	0.257	0.006
E. coli	5.55^c	7.38^a	6.14^bc	6.99^ab	6.36^bc	0.247	< 0.001
Cecum
Lactobacillus spp.	9.28^a	7.42^b	7.77^b	7.68^b	8.35^ab	0.244	< 0.001
E. coli	6.84^b	8.58^a	7.58^ab	8.16^ab	7.71^ab	0.386	0.044

Means within a row not sharing the same superscript are different at P < 0.05. Values are means of 6 replicates (cages) per treatment and 2 birds per replicate.
¹Coccidiosis-challenged groups contained: PC, commercially recommended levels of inorganic trace minerals (ITM); SAL, basal diet with commercially recommended levels of inorganic trace minerals and supplemented with salinomycin; ACTM50, ACTM match to 50% of the ITM in the PC diet; and ACTM100, ACTM match to 100% of the ITM in the PC diet.
²NC: unchallenged control group with commercially recommended levels of ITM.

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