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Table 2 S. Enteritidis colonization of the caecum of chickens after oral infection

From: Influence of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis infection on the composition of chicken cecal microbiota

 

log CFU/g of caecum

Age (days)*

Exp1

Exp2

7

7.96±0.35

ND

10

7.96±0.22

6.73±0.06

13

8.13±0.08

ND

16

7.57±0.49

ND

19

7.44±0.82

ND

  1. *age of chickens means age when the chickens were sacrificed, i.e. the chickens were therefore infected 3 days earlier. ND not done.