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Table 2 Number of turkeys in different groups based on the severity of macroscopic lesions in caecum for the analysis of microbiota, E. coli count and immunohistochemistry data

From: Typhlitis induced by Histomonas meleagridis affects relative but not the absolute Escherichia coli counts and invasion in the gut in turkeys

Treatment

Group

Negative control (n = 9)

No lesion (n = 11)

Mild lesion (n = 6)

Severe lesion (n = 6)

Negative control

9

0

0

0

Vaccinated

0

9

0

0

Infected

0

0

3

3

Vaccinated + infecteda

0

2

3

3

  1. aOne bird was euthanized prior to the scheduled necropsy date, thus is excluded from the total of this group.