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. 2016 Feb 25;7:203. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00203

Table 3.

Recovery and enumeration of Salmonella from reproductive organs after oral infection.

	Groups
	T group		TM group
Reproductive organs	n^a	Mean log₁₀ CFU/g^b	n^a	Mean log₁₀ CFU/g^b
Ovary	1/14	1.85 ± 0.00 (n = 1)	0/14	0.00 ± 0.00 (n = 0)
Infundibulum	2/14	3.44 ± 1.13 (n = 2)	1/14	2.17 ± 0.00 (n = 1)
Magnum	2/14	2.37 ± 0.48 (n = 2)	0/14	0.00 ± 0.00 (n = 0)
Isthmus	3/14	2.47 ± 0.40 (n = 3)	0/14	0.00 ± 0.00 (n = 0)
Uterus	3/14	2.37 ± 0.37 (n = 3)	2/14	3.00 ± 0.45 (n = 2)
Vagina	3/14	3.54 ± 0.64 (n = 3)	1/14	2.40 ± 0.00 (n = 1)

^a

Number of positive tissues after direct plating/total number of tissues examined.

^b

Mean log₁₀ Salmonella concentration per gram of tissue ± standard error for positive tissues after direct plating.