Table 3.

Effects of rFPV on weight gain of 1-day-old SPF chickens.^a

Groups	Dose of inoculation	Body weight (g) 1 week post-inoculationb	Body weight (g) 2 weeks post-inoculationb	Body weights at post mortemc
rFPV-S1/IL18	106 PFU	66.3 ± 5.6a	119.9 ± 11.4a	756.3 ± 21.7a
rFPV-S1	106 PFU	61.9 ± 5.4b	101.5 ± 11.2b	667.1 ± 19.3b
S-FPV-017	106 PFU	61.3 ± 6.9b	99.3 ± 13.2b	654.6 ± 19.6b
PBS	0.2 ml PBS	67.8 ± 6.9a	121.7 ± 17.8a	769.7 ± 20.8a

^aData are expressed as means ± SD.

^bNumber of times the test was repeated is 20.

^cOnly those remaining alive at the conclusion of the experiment.

Data with the same letter (a and b) are not significantly different (P > 0.05).