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 | ||||
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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 |