Fig. 2

Number of animals with different levels of Salmonella spp. counts in feces and cecal contents. Feces sampled on d 1 (a), 3 (b), and 7 (c) post-inoculation (PI), and cecal content on d 4 (d) and 8 (e) PI (Salmonella trial). Range levels: negative (0 CFU/g), very low (< 10³ CFU/g), low (10³–10⁴ CFU/g), high (10⁵–10⁶ CFU/g), and very high (10⁷–10⁸ CFU/g)