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Table 1 Post vaccination geometric mean (mean ± SD) antibody titers of chickens increased over time by booster vaccination with disparity in titer between vaccine carrier types used

From: Serological response and protection level evaluation in chickens exposed to grains coated with I2 Newcastle disease virus for effective oral vaccination of village chickens

Vaccine carrier type

Post vaccination GM ± SD HI antibody titer (log2) chickens vaccinated by different methods at different ages in days (N = 15)

Day 28

Day 49

Day 77

Day 105

Day 119

Day 126

Naive

<1f

<1ab

<1g

<1d

<1c

no

NDI2 in water

3.2 ± 0.6 (15)a

5.7 ± 1.6 (15)c

4.7 ± 0.9 (15)ac

3.6 ± 0.9 (14)ab

7.1 ± 2.4 (14)a

no

Untreated Wheat

1.6 ± 1.0 (15)b

2.4 ± 1.5 (15)d

1.8 ± 1.3 (15)bd

1.7 ± 0.9 (14)e

3.3 ± 1.2 (14)f

no

Parboiled Wheat

2.3 ± 0.7 (15)b

2.6 ± 1.1 (15)d

2.1 ± 0.8 (15)bd

1.9 ± 0.8 (14)e

4.5 ± 2.1 (14)f

no

Cracked Wheat

2.3 ± 1.0 (15)b

2.4 ± 1.1 (15)d

2.1 ± 1.4 (15)bd

2.0 ± 0.7 (14)e

3.3 ± 1.8 (14)f

no

Untreated Sorghum

1.4 ± 0.6 (15)f

2.2 ± 0.8 (15)d

1.8 ± 0.8 (15)bd

1.4 ± 0.8 (15)e

2.4 ± 1.5 (15)ed

no

Parboiled Sorghum

2.1 ± 0.7 (15)b

2.7 ± 0.8 (15)d

2.4 ± 0.9 (15)bd

1.5 ± 0.9 (15)e

4.4 ± 1.9 (15)f

no

Cracked Sorghum

1.2 ± 1.0 (15)f

1.6 ± 1.1 (14)d

1.1 ± 0.9 (14)bd

0.4 ± 0.5 (14)gb

1.9 + 1.0 (14)ed

no

Untreated Millet

1.3 ± 0.8 (15)b

2.4 ± 0.5 (13)d

2.3 ± 0.7 (13)bd

1.7 ± 0.8 (12)e

2.4 ± 1.8 (12)ed

no

Parboiled Millet

1.4 ± 1.3 (15)b

2.4 ± 0.9 (15)d

2.3 ± 0.8 (15)bd

2.1 ± 0.9 (15)e

3.2 ± 2.0 (15)f

no

Cracked millet

1.3 ± 0.5 (15)f

1.5 ± 0.6 (15)d

1.3 ± 1.0 (15)bd

2.1 ± 0.9 (15)e

2.5 ± 0.8 (14)ed

no

Cracked Barely

1.6 ± 1.2 (15)b

2.4 ± 0.6 (15)d

1.7 ± 0.9 (15)bd

1.5 ± 0.9 (15)e

no

2.5 ± 1.4 (15)ed

Parboiled barely

3.0 ± 1.3 (15)a

3.7 ± 1.9 (15)ab

3.6 ± 1.0 (15)e

2.4 ± 1.2 (15)fc

no

5.1 ± 2.0 (15)g

Untreated Barely

1.7 ± 1.0 (15)b

2.5 ± 1.3 (15)d

2.4 ± 1.0 (15)bd

2.0 ± 1.0 (15)d

no

2.8 ± 1.8 (15)ed

Cracked Maize

3.2 ± 1.2 (15)a

4.2. ± 2.1 (15)ab

3.9 ± 1.6 (15)ac

2.7 ± 1.1 (15)fc

no

6.8 ± 1.4 (15)g

  1. Means with the same letters in the same column are not significantly different at 0.05 confidence level, “no” = sera not collected