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Table 2.

Body weights of turkey poults inoculated orally with unfiltered supernatant, filtered supernatant, or sediment prepared from intestinal contents of poult enteritis syndrome-affected poults¹

Experiment no.	Group no.²	BW (g) at DPI³			Mean treatment effect	Age × treatment interaction⁴	BW (% of controls)
Experiment no.	Group no.²	5	10	15	Mean treatment effect	Age × treatment interaction⁴	BW (% of controls)
1	A	477 ± 08.81^ab	608 ± 31.22^bc	680 ± 15.25^c	588 ± 24.99^b	4.32 (S)	68.5
	B	450 ± 14.89^b	663 ± 52.68^ab	811 ± 56.41^b	641 ± 46.39^b		81.7
	C	403 ± 17.28^b	498 ± 36.32^c	472 ± 42.32^d	458 ± 20.94^c		47.5
	D	576 ± 10.99^a	765 ± 82.19^a	993 ± 52.87^a	778 ± 56.21^a		—
	Mean age effect	476 ± 15.70^C	633 ± 31.40^B	738 ± 48.16^A	—		—
3	A	516 ± 18.79^b	744 ± 41.43^b	793 ± 20.68^bc	684 ± 35.80^b	3.52 (S)	71.8
	B	542 ± 19.87^b	768 ± 35.97^b	822 ± 14.01^b	710 ± 35.16^b		74.4
	C	486 ± 11.78^b	649 ± 6.31^c	715 ± 33.34^c	617 ± 28.02^c		64.7
	D	663 ± 15.93^a	945 ± 37.87^a	1,105 ± 21.52^a	904 ± 50.52^a		—
	Mean age effect	551 ± 17.25^C	776 ± 28.96^B	859 ± 35.50^A	—		—
5	A	429 ± 06.97^b	536 ± 33.29^b	734 ± 23.56^c	566 ± 36.05^c	7.04 (S)	63.6
	B	464 ± 27.90^b	592 ± 32.60^b	877 ± 45.73^b	644 ± 50.05^b		76.0
	C	436 ± 07.87^b	569 ± 12.55^b	705 ± 45.74^c	570 ± 32.91^c		61.1
	D	573 ± 12.48^a	855 ± 22.60^a	1,154 ± 21.35^a	861 ± 64.22^a		—
	Mean age effect	476 ± 15.20^C	638 ± 31.56^B	868 ± 44.01^A	—		—

^a–d

Values with different lowercase superscripts differ significantly (P ≤ 0.05).

^A–C

Values within a row showing mean age effect with different uppercase superscripts differ significantly (P ≤ 0.05).

All values are means ± SE of 5 poults.

A = poults inoculated with unfiltered supernatant; B = poults inoculated with filtered supernatant; C = poults inoculated with sediment; D = poults inoculated with PBS (controls).

DPI = days postinoculation.

⁴

F-value indicates interaction between treatment and age of turkey poults. S = significant.