Table 1.
Probiotic LA high dose and low dose feeding regimens and fecal LA shedding
Age (PPD)a | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 26 | 33 | Accumulative |
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PIDb | -5 | -4 | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 28 | total dose |
HiLA+ dose (CFU) | 103 | 103 | 104 | 104 | 105 | 105 | 106 | 106 | 107 | 107 | 108 | 108 | 109 | 109 | 2.22 × 109 | |||||
LoLA+ dose (CFU) | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 106 | 2.11 × 106 | ||||||||||||||
HiLA+AttHRV+c | 3.2 × 107* | 6.8 × 106 | 1.9 × 106 | 4.7 × 105* | ||||||||||||||||
LoLA+AttHRV+c | 7.9 × 105 | 6.0 × 106 | 5.4 × 106 | 8.8 × 106 |
PPD, post-partum day.
PID, post primary AttHRV inoculation day.
Mean fecal LA count (CFU/ml)
Indicates significant difference compared to the low dose LA group (Kruskal-Wallis test on log transformed data, p<0.05).