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Table 2.

Mortality rates record in pathogenicity experiment with S. aureus and in feeding experiment using L. garvieae.

Experiments	No. of fish	Mortalities within							No of dead fish	Mortality rate %
Pathogenicity experiment with S. aureus	No. of fish	48 h	72 h	96 h	5 days	week	10 Days	2 weeks	No of dead fish	Mortality rate %
Group 1	30	2	3	5	4	5	6	5	30	100%
Group 2	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Feeding experiment using L. garvieae
Group 1^*	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Group 2^*	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Group 3^*	30	2	2	4	3	5	7	4	27	90%
Group 4^*	30	1	3	4	2	3	2	–	15	50%

Group 1, fish inoculated IP with 0.5 mL of L. garvieae, Group 2, fish inoculated IP with 0.5 mL of saline solution, Group 1^* fish fed an ordinary diet, Group 2^*, fish fed a diet containing L. garvieae, Group 3^* fish infected with S. aureus and fed an ordinary diet and Group 4^*, fish infected with S. aureus and fed a diet containing the probiotic bacterium.