Table 1.

Schema of the methodology aimed at measuring cytokine transcript modulation in chickens exposed to L. fermentum and C. jejuni.

Day of Experiment	Control (number of chickens)	LB Group (number of chickens)	Cj Group (number of chickens)	LBCj Group (number of chickens)
0 d	27	27	27	27
1 d	27	27 L. fermentum dose 109 CFU/0.2 mL individually per os	27	27 L. fermentum dose 109 CFU/0.2 mL individually per os
2 d	27	27 L. fermentum dose 109 CFU/0.2 mL individually per os	27	27 L. fermentum dose 109 CFU/0.2 mL individually per os
3 d	27	27 L. fermentum dose 109 CFU/0.2 mL individually per os	27	27 L. fermentum dose 109 CFU/0.2 mL individually per os
4 d	27	27 L. fermentum dose 109 CFU/0.2 mL individually per os	27 C. jejuni dose 108 CFU/0.2 mL individually per os	27 L. fermentum dose 109 CFU/0.2 mL + C. jejuni dose 108 CFU/0.2 mL individually per os
5 d (12 hpi) sample collection	18	18 L. fermentum dose 109 CFU/0.2 mL individually per os	18	18 L. fermentum dose 109 CFU/0.2 mL individually per os
6d (36 hpi) sample collection	9	9 L. fermentum dose 109 CFU/0.2 mL individually per os	9	9 L. fermentum dose 109 CFU/0.2 mL individually per os
7d (48 hpi) sample collection	9	9 L. fermentum dose 109 CFU/0.2 mL individually per os	9	9 L. fermentum dose 109 CFU/0.2 mL individually per os

C, Control group; LB, Lactobacillus fermentum; Cj, Campylobacter jejuni; hpi, hours post-infection.