TABLE 2.
Viable counts of S. enterica serovar Typhimurium in the cecal contents, spleens, and livers of line N and line 61 chickens infected 10 days after hatching
| Day p.i. | Line N
|
Line 61
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cecal contents
|
Spleen
|
Liver
|
Cecal contents
|
Spleen
|
Liver
|
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| Mean log10 CFU/g (SEM) | No. positive | Mean log10 CFU/g (SEM) | No. positive | Mean log10 CFU/g (SEM) | No. positive | Mean log10 CFU/g (SEM) | No. positive | Mean log10 CFU/g (SEM) | No. positive | Mean log10 CFU/g (SEM) | No. positive | |
| 6 | 7.57 (0.14) | 5/5a | 3.98 (0.07) | 5/5 | 3.46 (0.19) | 5/5 | 7.43 (0.17) | 5/5 | 4.29 (0.15) | 5/5 | 3.35 (0.19) | 5/5 |
| 13 | 6.75 (0.27) | 5/5 | 2.42 (0.20) | 3/5 | 0 (0) | 0/5 | 7.19 (0.31) | 5/5 | 2.83 (0.14) | 5/5 | 2.06 (0.06) | 1/5 |
| 20 | 5.83 (0.42) | 5/5 | 0 (0) | 0/5 | 0 (0) | 0/5 | 5.36 (0.73) | 5/5 | 0 (0) | 0/0 | 0 (0) | 0/5 |
| 27 | 5.13 (0.33) | 4/5 | 0 (0) | 0/5 | 0 (0) | 0/5 | 4.43 (0.99) | 4/5 | 0 (0) | 0/0 | 0 (0) | 0/5 |
a
Number positive/total number.