Table 3.

Mortality and bacterial load in the chickens post-challenge

Groupsa	Challengeb
	Mortalityc	Liverd	Spleend
PBS	8/10	2/2*	2/2*
JOL2068	1/10	3/9	2/9
JOL2077	1/10	5/9	1/9

^a7 day old chickens (n = 10) were orally immunized with PBS, JOL2068 or JOL2077.

^bChallenge was performed with a lethal wild-type SG strain (1.6 × 10⁶ CFU) after 28 days post-vaccination.

^cNumber of dead birds upon challenge.

^dNumber of birds positive for SG. *p < 0.05.