Table 6.

Fecal pathogen colony forming units (CFU/g) reductions by calves fed milk replacer

Treatments1
Measurement	CON	EP	EPC	SE
Week 0, receiving
Bifidobacter, log10	7.27	7.28	7.27	0.36
Clostridia, log10	1.13	1.24	1.91	0.66
Escherichia coli, log10	5.91	5.71	5.76	0.28
Lactobacillus, log10	8.25	8.37	8.46	0.28
Salmonella, log10	1.91	3.16	2.43	0.61
Week 5
Bifidobacter, log10	6.93	6.81	6.95	0.49
Clostridia, log10	0.00	0.00	0.40	0.22
Escherichia coli, log10	6.53	6.69	6.63	0.25
Lactobacillus, log10	9.20	8.90	9.39	0.28
Salmonella, log10	0.86	0.50	0.49	0.40
Change
Bifidobacter, log10	0.35	0.79	0.36	0.76
Clostridia, log10	1.13	1.24	1.50	0.68
Escherichia coli, log10	−0.63	−0.81	−1.16	0.40
Lactobacillus, log10	−0.96	−0.87	−0.56	0.41
Salmonella, log10	1.00	2.54	2.03	0.90

¹CON = control [a 24:20% CP:fat (as-fed basis) MR without EOC]; EP = EOC mixed into the 24:20% CP:fat MR at a rate of 1.25 g/d; EPC = EOC mixed into the 24:20% CP:fat MR at a rate of 1.25 g/d in addition of two 10-mL oral doses of liquid EOC at birth and 12 h. All MR were fed at 0.28 kg 2 times per day for 14 d, then 0.43 kg 2 times per day from days 15 to 35, and then MR were fed 1 time per day from day 36 to weaning at day 42.