Fig. 4.

DCA reduced C. perfringens ileal colonization. Cohorts of broiler chickens were fed with different doses of DCA and infected as in Fig. 1. aC. perfringens was quantified in ileal digesta using PCR. bC. perfringens was visualized in ileal tissue using FISH. All graphs showed mean ± SEM. Different letters of a and b mean P < 0.05. Results are representative of 3 independent experiments. Scale bar is 10 μm