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Table 4 Effect of bilberry anthocyanin on bacterial load in liver and spleen of 18-d chickens challenged with Salmonella

From: Dietary supplementation of bilberry anthocyanin on growth performance, intestinal mucosal barrier and cecal microbes of chickens challenged with Salmonella Typhimurium

Item

Treatments

SEM

P-value

CON

ST

ACL

ACH

log10 CFU/g liver

0.00c

2.65a

1.36b

1.42b

0.26

< 0.001

log10 CFU/g spleen

0.00c

2.75a

1.80b

1.35b

0.25

< 0.001

  1. CON Control group, ST Salmonella infected group, ACL Low dose of anthocyanin group, ACH High dose of anthocyanin group, SEM Standard error of the mean
  2. a-cMeans within a row with different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05)
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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

ISSN: 2049-1891