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Table 4.

The effect of treatments on Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Infantis population (Log₁₀ cfu*/g) of cecal content and liver tissue.

Treatments	Age (D)
Treatments	7	14	21
	Cecum
S	9.24 ± 0.20^a	6.82 ± 0.35^a	4.36 ± 0.15^a
SA	7.73 ± 0.89^c	3.66 ± 0.37^c	0.48 ± 0.24^e
SIPY	8.89 ± 0.57^a,b	6.39 ± 0.32^a	3.83 ± 0.22^b,c
SCIY	8.51 ± 0.83^a,b	4.82 ± 0.28^b	1.60 ± 0.27^d
SIWY	8.89 ± 0.50^a,b	6.61 ± 0.45^a	3.74 ± 0.45^c
SNIPY	9.10 ± 0.56^a,b	6.86 ± 0.33^a	4.23 ± 0.39^a,b
SNIWY	9.20 ± 0.37^a,b	6.87 ± 0.41^a	4.25 ± 0.28^a,b
C	0.0 ± 0.0^d	0.0 ± 0.0^d	0.0 ± 0.0^f
P-value	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001
Treatments	Liver
S	5.39 ± 0.27^a	3.85 ± 0.64^a	1.74 ± 0.56^a
SA	2.47 ± 0.19^c	0.08 ± 0.11^c	0.0 ± 0.0^b
SIPY	5.07 ± 0.51^a	3.43 ± 0.72^a	1.6 ± 0.45^a
SCIY	3.46 ± 0.79^b	1.47 ± 0.38^b	0.0 ± 0.0^b
SIWY	5.21 ± 0.26^a	3.68 ± 1.24^a	1.54 ± 0.43^a
SNIPY	5.49 ± 0.27^a	3.97 ± 0.71^a	1.69 ± 0.48^a
SNIWY	5.13 ± 0.29^a	3.78 ± 0.99^a	1.71 ± 0.32^a
C	0.0 ± 0.0^d	0.0 ± 0.0^c	0.0 ± 0.0^b
P-value	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001

^a-bMeans within a column lacking a common superscripts differ (P < 0.01).

Abbreviations: S, Salmonella challenged groups; SA, Salmonella antibiotic; SIPY, Salmonella immune powdered yolk; SCIY, Salmonella capsulated immune yolk; SIWY, Salmonella immune water-soluble yolk fraction; SNIWY, Salmonella nonimmune water-soluble yolk fraction; NC, negative control.

*Log CFU SI per gram of cecal content and mixed liver tissue (n = 6).

Values represent the mean ± SD.