Research Article

In Vitro and In Vivo Comparison of Changes in Antibiotics Susceptibility of E. coli and Chicken’s Intestinal Flora after Exposure to Amoxicillin or Thymol

Table 3

Number of total aerobic mesophilic flora on the amoxicillin-gradient plate with Cmax = 6 µg/mL.

Total aerobic mesophilic flora in log10 CFU/g
Day 7 (before treatment)Day 14Day 21
Amoxicillin-gradient (µg/mL)0–1.51.5–33–4.54.5–60–1.51.5–33–4.54.5–60–1.51.5–33–4.54.5–6

Group 10000>5.48 ± 00c4.46 ± 00c00>5.48 ± 00c>5.48 ± 00c>5.48 ± 00>5.48 ± 00
Group 200003.38 ± 0.08a0a004.26 ± 0.11a0a00
Group 300004.59 ± 0.005b3.84 ± 0.06b004.87 ± 0.015b4.11 ± 0.002b00

The values that include different letters are significantly different from each other at .