Research Article

Intranasal Immunization with Chitosan/pCAGGS-flaA Nanoparticles Inhibits Campylobacter jejuni in a White Leghorn Model

Table 3

Average positive rate of swab specimens of White Leghorn chickens challenged with strain ALM-80.

GroupAverage positive rate of swab specimens after oral challenge
7 days14 days21 days

CS-pCAGGS-flaA47.62% (10/21)30.77%   ( 4 / 1 3 ) a 0.00%   ( 0 / 9 ) a
CS-pCAGGS47.62% (10/21)53.33% (8/15)44.44% (4/9)
PBS42.86% (9/21)53.33% (8/15)55.56% (5/9)

a Significantly different ( 𝑃 < . 0 5 ) among vaccine groups as calculated by Student’s 𝑡 -test.