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. 2019 Oct 10;9:14541. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51104-0

Figure 4.

Figure 4

DCA reduces C. perfringens invasion and inflammatory response. Chickens were fed different diets, infected, and sampled as in Fig. 2. (A) Luminal C. perfringens colonization level quantified by 16 S rDNA real-time PCR. (B) C. perfringens invasion into intestinal tissue quantified by 16 S RNA real-time PCR. (C) Presence of C. perfringens (red dots) in ileal sections of NE and NE + DCA birds, detected using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) assay. (D) Ileal Infγ, Litaf (Tnfα), and Mmp9 mRNA qPCR fold change relative to uninfected birds and normalized to Gapdh. Scale bar is 10 μm. NE + DCA, NE birds fed DCA diet. All graphs depict mean ± SEM. NS, not significant; *P < 0.05. Results are representative of 3 independent experiments.