Fig 6. DCA-modulated microbiota attenuates C. jejuni colonization in chickens.
Cohorts of 18 broiler chickens were orally transplanted with 108 CFU/bird DCA-Aero or DCA-Anaero at d 0. The birds were then infected with 109 CFU/bird C. jejuni AR 101 at 10 days of age. Cecal digesta were collected at 21 and 28 days of age, serially diluted, and cultured on C. jejuni selective medium at 42°C. C. jejuni was counted after 48 hours. (A) C. jejuni cecal colonization. (B) Cecal microbiota composition at d28 at phylum level. *, P<0.05 between DCA-Anaero and infected control birds. All graphs depict mean ± SEM.; significant if P<0.05. Results are representative of 3 independent experiments.