Items | Time | Groups | SEM2 | P-value |
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A | B | BL | BM | BH | P13,4 | Linear5 | Quadratic6 |
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Salmonella | 3 DPI | 0.00 | 5.30a | 4.00b | 4.24b | 3.82b | 0.181 | 0.018 | 0.004 | 0.310 |
 | 10 DPI | 0.00 | 5.46 | 5.06 | 4.75 | 4.53 | 0.203 | 0.481 | 0.140 | 0.770 |
Escherichia coli | 3 DPI | 4.70 | 5.62 | 4.98 | 4.75 | 4.72 | 0.138 | 0.168 | 0.024 | 0.734 |
 | 10 DPI | 6.31 | 6.44 | 5.85 | 5.97 | 5.80 | 0.123 | 0.360 | 0.111 | 0.643 |
Lactobacillus | 3 DPI | 10.38b | 11.28a | 10.28b | 9.78b | 10.10b | 0.139 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.207 |
 | 10 DPI | 9.33c | 11.02a | 9.64bc | 10.29ab | 10.55ab | 0.177 | 0.002 | 0.097 | 0.025 |
Campylobacter | 3 DPI | 5.61 | 6.45 | 6.12 | 6.17 | 6.07 | 0.106 | 0.142 | 0.164 | 0.796 |
 | 10 DPI | 5.35b | 6.76a | 6.62a | 6.25a | 6.29a | 0.146 | 0.006 | 0.138 | 0.779 |
- 1lgCFU/g log10 colony-forming units per gram of cecal digesta
- 2SEM Standard error of the mean
- 3P-value between B, BL, BM and BB groups in Salmonella content
- 4P-value represent the difference of other bacteria content among A, B, BL, BM and BB groups
- 5Linear regression analysis among B, BL, BM and BH groups
- 6Quadratic curve analysis among B, BL, BM and BH groups
- a–cMeans within the same row without a common superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05)
- DPI: days post infection, A: broiler chickens with basal diet and no infection, B: broiler chickens with basal diet and SE infection, BL: broiler chickens with basal diet supplemented with 300Â mg/kg EOA and SE infection, BM: broiler chickens with basal diet supplemented with 500Â mg/kg EOA and SE infection, BH: broiler chickens with basal diet supplemented with 800Â mg/kg EOA and SE infection. EOA: coated essential oils and organic acids mixture