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Table 3.

Hematological changes and comparison of mice with and without Salmonella infection.

	Red Blood Cells (10⁶/mm³)				White Blood Cells (10³/mm³)				Platelets (10⁵/mm³)
Day	Control	Infection¹	LC²	LC^{+mcra 3}	Control	Infection	LC	LC^+mcra	Control	Infection	LC	LC^+mcra
14	10.15 ± 0.14*^b	13.03 ± 4.20^a	10.84 ± 0.55^b	10.60 ± 0.46^b	3.48 ± 0.35^a	2.95 ± 0.80^b	3.12 ± 0.61^a	3.55 ± 0.42^a	7 ± 3^a	2 ± 2^c	5 ± 2^b	7 ± 3^a
21	10.34 ± 0.21^b	14.89 ± 3.87^a	10.72 ± 0.65^b	10.51 ± 0.33^b	3.65 ± 0.25^a	2.96 ± 0.40^b	3.13 ± 0.69^a	3.54 ± 0.38^a	8 ± 1^a	2 ± 1^c	5 ± 2^b	8 ± 3^a
28	10.29 ± 0.13^c	15.64 ± 4.37^a	11.84 ± 2.14^b	10.71 ± 0.53^c	3.59 ± 0.22^a	2.90 ± 0.49^b	3.26 ± 0.30^a	3.51 ± 0.29^a	7 ± 2^a	2 ± 1^c	4 ± 2^b	8 ± 2^a

¹Mice with no probiotic protection infected with Salmonella Typhimurium

²Mice pre-administered with wild-type Lactobacillus casei followed by S. Typhimurium infection

³Mice pre-administered with mutant L. casei followed by S. Typhimurium infection

*Means with different letters (a-c) for each type of blood cells (red blood cell, white blood cell, and platelets) in different groups (control, infection, infection following LC pretreatment, and infection following LC^+mcra pretreatment) at individual time point (day 14, 21, and 28) are significantly different at p < 0.05