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Table 4 Mean log10 CFU counts of Salmonella typhimurium U288 recovered from experimentally-contaminated 4 cm2 pig skin sections of control and bacteriophage cocktail PC1 treated samples

From: Bacteriophages as antimicrobial agents against major pathogens in swine: a review

U288 inoculum, CFU

Phage inoculum, PFU

Untreated controls

Sample time

107

105

104

1 h

    

106

6.2 ± 0.1

6.1 ± 0.2

6.2 ± 0.2

6.2 ± 0.1

104

3.5 ± 0.1*

3.7 ± 0.2*

4.6 ± 0.1

4.7 ± 0.2

103

3.8 ± 0.1

3.3 ± 0.4

3.4 ± 0.1*

4.2 ± 0.2

48 h

    

106

5.0 ± 0.1*

5.9 ± 0.2

6.5 ± 0.2

6.3 ± 0.1

104

2.9 ± 0.4*

3.9 ± 0.1*

4.1 ± 0.1

4.3 ± 0.1

103

3.6 ± 0.2

3.6 ± 0.4

ND

4.1 ± 0.2

96 h

    

106

5.5 ± 0.2*

6.6 ± 0.2

6.7 ± 0.1

6.5 ± 0.2

104

3.2 ± 0.3*

3.4 ± 0.2*

4.1 ± 0.4

4.5 ± 0.1

103

2.8 ± 0.7

ND

ND

4.3 ± 0.3

  1. Hooton et al. [14]. ND = not detectable; *P < 0.01 compared with control values