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).