Table 1.
Experimental design of bacteriophage treatment in SPF chicks challenged with S. Pullorum.
Group | Treatment | Doses |
Age of Salmonella infection | Treatment schedule of phage | Time of euthanasia | |
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Salmonella | phage | |||||
1 | Nonchallenged and nontreated control negative | - | - | - | - | d 3 and 6 postinfection |
2 | Only Salmonella challenged | 0.5 mL 2 × 106 CFU/chick | - | 2nd day | - | |
3 | Only phage treated | - | 0.5 mL 2 × 107 PFU/chick | - | 8 h postinfection | |
4 | Salmonella challenged and phage treated | 0.5 mL 2 × 106 CFU/chick | 0.5 mL 2 × 107 PFU/chick | 2nd day | 8 h postinfection |