Figure 5

Colonization ofSalmonellain spleen of broilers in the second trial. Colonization of Salmonella in spleen of 21-day-old broilers fed a diet either or not supplemented with a butyrate containing feed additive in a concentration of 3 g/kg of sodium butyrate. Each dietary treatment consisted of 2 pens of 20 broilers. The bar charts are showing the percentages of animals having a specific infection level of Salmonella as stated in the legend (specified log number of CFU per gram spleen content).