Table 2.
Changes in Salmonella and Campylobacter count of crops of broilers as a function of the time of feed withdrawal (n=10)
Log CFU/mL | Withdrawal time (hours) | SEM | P-value |
2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ANOVA | Linear | Quadratic |
Salmonella | 3.60a | 3.26a | 3.51a | 3.45a | 2.30b | 0.118 | <0.01 | <0.01 | 0.099 |
Campylobacter | 3.58 | 2.55 | 2.48 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 0.256 | 0.16 | 0.93 | 0.85 |
Means in same rows with different superscripts are significantly different (P<0.05).