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. 2016 Feb;57(2):183–188.

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Mesocolonic edema scores according to study groups involving 1-day-old piglets administered 2 bacterial probiotics and subsequently challenged with toxigenic C. difficile isolate ISU-15454-1, ribotype 078.

a GROUP 1 negative control: GROUP 2 — non-toxigenic C. difficile (NTCD) only; GROUP 3 — Lactobacillus spp. only; GROUP 4 — toxigenic C. difficile strain only; GROUP 5 — NTCD and challenged with the toxigenic C. difficile strain; GROUP 6 — Lactobacillus spp. and challenged with the toxigenic C. difficile strain. Each bar represents the mean ± SEM of the mesocolonic edema scores. * denotes a significant difference in the mesocolonic edema scores (P = 0.01).