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Table 2 Average number of colony forming units of C. jejuni in caecal content of broiler- and layer-type birds fed with either broiler- or layer-feed

From: Differences in host breed and diet influence colonization by Campylobacter jejuni and induction of local immune responses in chicken

Breed-feed

Inoculation day (dph)

Average number of CFU of C. jejuni [range] in caecal content of birds at dpi (log10 CFU/g)

Colonizatioin rate at each dpi in % C. jejuni positive birds of total inoculated birds

1

7

14

1

7

14

BT-bf

1

7.07ab [6.53–7.38]

7.91b [7.63–8.63]

8.10b [7.89–8.27]

100

100

100

BT-lf

1

7.15ab [5.72–7.50]

7.69b [7.30–8.36]

7.66b [6.70–8.12]

100

100

100

LT-bf

1

7.58a [6.87–8.48]

8.84a [8.22–9.19]

8.85a [8.62–9.01]

100

100

100

LT-lf

1

6.51b [5.66–7.37]

7.09b [5.71–8.06]

8.01b [7.28–8.54]

100

100

100

BT-bf

22

2.51a [0.00–6.13]

6.77b [4.81–7.98]

4.41ab [0.00–6.65]

50

100

83.3

BT-lf

22

1.51a [0.00–4.82]

6.01ab [5.26–7.05]

5.70b [3.77–7.10]

33.3

100

100

LT-bf

22

2.65a [0.00–5.86]

5.94ab [4.50–7.38]

1.33a [0.00–4.42]

50

100

33.3

LT-lf

22

0.00a [0.00–0.00]

3.89a [0.00–6.03]

5.02b [0.00–6.21]

0

83.3

83.3

  1. BT and LT, which were fed with either bf or lf, were orally inoculated with approximately 104 CFU of C. jejuni at 1 (Experiment 1) or 22 (Experiment 2) dph
  2. BT broiler-type birds and LT layer-type bird fed with either bf  broiler feed or lf layer feed, CFU colony forming units, dpi days post inoculation, dph days post hatch
  3. abDifferent superscript letters indicate significant differences between groups of the same age at the indicated days post C. jejuni inoculation (n = 6/group, p < 0.05)