Table 6.

Effect of lytic phage and doxycycline on total viable cell counts of E. coli in the lung of experimentally infected chicken.

Groups date	Infected non treated group	Group infected and treated with bacteriophage	Group infected and treated with doxycycline	Group infected and treated with bacteriophage and doxycycline
At 7 days	5.63 ± 0.02	1.93 ± 0.02	1.99 ± 0.02	1.55 ± 0.02
At 15 days	5.95 ± 0.02	1.77 ± 0.02	1.82 ± 0.02	1.55 ± 0.02
At 21 days	6.31 ± 0.02	1.63 ± 0.02	1.67 ± 0.02	1.47 ± 0.02