Table 7.

Escherichia coli counts in meat muscle and cecal contents.

E. coli colony count (Log10 CFU/g)	Control	1,500 μg/ml IgY	3,000 μg/ml IgY	4,000 μg/ml IgY
Breast	7.50 ± 0.20	6.80 ± 0.30	6.20 ± 0.20*	6.10 ± 0.30*
Thigh	6.40 ± 0.30	6.30 ± 0.30	5.80 ± 0.20*	5.70 ± 0.20*
Cecal content	8.31 ± 2.32	7.33 ± 1.82	5.15 ± 1.73*	4.10 ± 1.62*

Data were presented as the mean ± SEM and evaluated using one-way ANOVA.

*p <0.05.