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Table 1 Counts of S. Gallinarum 9R vaccine strain from tissues following oral inoculation of three-week old Line 72 chickens (±SEM)

From: Oral infection with the Salmonella entericaserovar Gallinarum 9R attenuated live vaccine as a model to characterise immunity to fowl typhoid in the chicken

Tissue

Weeks post infection

 

1

2

3

 

Mean count Log10 cfu/g

Number positive

Mean count Log10 cfu/g

Number positive

Mean count Log10 cfu/g

Number positive

Liver

1.84 ± 0.37

5/5

1.43 ± 0.29

5/5

<1

0/5

Spleen

1.39 ± 0.57

4/5

< 1

3/5*

<1

0/5

  1. *detected only after enrichment in selenite broth