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Table 4.

White blood cell counts in mice with and without Salmonella infection.

White Blood Cells	Group	Day
White Blood Cells	Group	14	21	28
Neutrophils (K/µL)	Control	1.31 ± 0.40*^a	1.34 ± 0.40^a	1.50 ± 0.21^a
	Infection¹	0.78 ± 0.36^b	0.41 ± 0.22^b	0.27 ± 0.14^b
	LC²	1.02 ± 0.30^ab	1.07 ± 0.37^ab	1.08 ± 0.48^ab
	LC^{+mcra 3}	1.27 ± 0.56^a	1.16 ± 0.11^ab	1.20 ± 0.23^ab
Lymphocytes (K/µL)	Control	2.19 ± 0.22^a	2.50 ± 0.13^a	2.44 ± 0.41^a
	Infection	1.18 ± 0.25^b	0.92 ± 0.15^b	0.73 ± 0.18^b
	LC	2.05 ± 0.78^a	2.03 ± 0.13^ab	1.82 ± 0.26^a
	LC^+mcra	2.37 ± 0.37^a	2.53 ± 0.15^a	2.46 ± 0.52^a
Monocytes (K/µL)	Control	0.04 ± 0.01^b	0.04 ± 0.02^b	0.04 ± 0.02^c
	Infection	0.16 ± 0.04^a	0.14 ± 0.06^a	0.19 ± 0.04^a
	LC	0.05 ± 0.02^b	0.06 ± 0.03^b	0.08 ± 0.03^b
	LC^+mcra	0.05 ± 0.02^b	0.05 ± 0.02^b	0.05 ± 0.01^c
Eosinophils (K/µL)	Control	0.06 ± 0.04^b	0.07 ± 0.03^c	0.07 ± 0.03^b
	Infection	0.16 ± 0.03^a	0.16 ± 0.04^a	0.17 ± 0.05^a
	LC	0.09 ± 0.04^b	0.11 ± 0.01^b	0.09 ± 0.03^b
	LC^+mcra	0.07 ± 0.03^b	0.06 ± 0.03^c	0.06 ± 0.04^b
Basophils (K/µL)	Control	0.01 ± 0.01^c	0.01 ± 0.01^c	0.01 ± 0.01^c
	Infection	0.03 ± 0.01^a	0.03 ± 0.02^a	0.04 ± 0.02^a
	LC	0.02 ± 0.01^b	0.02 ± 0.01^b	0.02 ± 0.01^b
	LC^+mcra	0.01 ± 0.01^c	0.01 ± 0.01^c	0.01 ± 0.01^c

¹Mice with no probiotic protection infected with S. Typhimurium

²Mice pre-administered with wild-type L. 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 WBC (neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, and basophils) 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