Table 1.
Numbers of positive faecal samples obtained on MC—CTX and MC-Rif agar.
| Faecal samples | PM samples | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Agar |
Group |
D28a (−1b) |
D30 (+1) |
D31 (+2) |
D33 (+4) |
D36 (+7) |
D42 (+13) |
D49 (+20) |
Jejunum | Ileum | Colon | Caecum | Rectum | ||
| MC—CTX | INT | 0/24c | 13/24 | 22/24 | 20/24 | 9/24* | 14/24 | 17/24 | 1/24 | 4/24 | 15/24 | 16/24 | 17/24 | ||
| IPro | 0/24 | 17/23 | 17/23 | 17/23 | 18/23* | 14/23 | 10/23 | 0/23 | 4/23 | 12/23 | 11/23 | 12/23 | |||
| MC-Rif | INT | 0/24 | 11/24* | 21/24 | 18/24 | 12/24 | 14/24 | 18/24 | 0/24 | 6/24 | 18/24* | 16/24 | 22/24* | ||
| IPro | 0/24 | 17/23* | 17/23 | 17/23 | 15/23 | 10/23 | 11/23 | 0/23 | 3/23 | 10/23* | 10/23 | 11/23* | |||
a
Age of piglets in days;.
b
Day before or after inoculation of E. coli 17–348F-RifR.
c
number of positive samples/number of tested samples.
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For each agar medium, significant differences between groups are indicated with an asterisk.