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Dietary treatment
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Control
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Fat-protected butyrate
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Uncoated butyrate
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Wax
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Wax+
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Micropellets
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Tributyrin
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1 dpi
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15/20
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6/19
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9/20
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2/19*
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3/20*
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4/20*
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2/20*
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3 dpi
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15/20
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6/19
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11/20
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6/19
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7/20
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9/20
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2/20*
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- Number of positive swabs on total per dietary treatment are given at 1 and 3 days post-infection (dpi) with 105 CFU Salmonella. Broilers were fed a diet either or not supplemented with a butyrate containing feed additive in a concentration of 3 g/kg of sodium butyrate.
- * Significant difference in positive samples between control and dietary treatment with butyrate derivative (p-value < 0.05).
