Table 2.
Salmonella invasion of the liver—number of positive birds/total challenged.a
| dpi | Control |
Prebiotic |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salmonella Typhimurium | Salmonella Enteritidis | Salmonella Typhimurium | Salmonella Enteritidis | |
| 1 | 0/8 | 0/8 | 0/8 | 0/8 |
| 4 | 2/8 | 0/8 | 1/8 | 0/8 |
| 7 | 3/8 | 0/8 | 2/8 | 0/8 |
| 12 | 1/8 | 0/8 | 1/8 | 0/8 |
| 27 | 0/8 | 0/8 | 0/8 | 0/8 |
aAt the specified time points (dpi), eight birds from each treatment were euthanized; liver samples were collected, homogenized, and tested for the presence of ST and SE as described in Section “Materials and Methods.”