Inactivation of Different Salmonella enteriditis Phage Types and Safety and Efficacy of Inactivated Products in Chicken

Table 1

Experimental design.

Groups	Inoculation of inactivated SE PTs	Description of inoculated groups	No. of chickens sacrificed on days pi
			D0	D14	D21	D28
CV1	Inactivated SE PT1	Inoculated and not challenged	—	4	4	4
CV1C	Inactivated SE PT1	Inoculated and challenged	—	—	4	4
CV3A	Inactivated SE PT3A	Inoculated and not challenged	—	4	4	4
CV3AC	Inactivated SE PT3A	Inoculated and challenged	—	—	4	4
CV6A	Inactivated SE PT6A	Inoculated and not challenged	—	4	4	4
CV6AC	Inactivated SE PT6A	Inoculated and challenged	—	—	4	4
CV7	Inactivated SE PT7	Inoculated and not challenged	—	4	4	4
CV7C	Inactivated SE PT7	Inoculated and challenged	—	—	4	4
CV35	Inactivated SE PT35	Inoculated and not challenged	—	4	4	4
CV35C	Inactivated SE PT35	Inoculated and challenged	—	—	4	4
CV0	Control	Inoculated and not challenged	4	4	4	4
CV0C	Control	Noninoculated and challenged	—	—	4	4

SE PT = Salmonella enteriditis phage type. Chickens were inoculated at the age of one day old with SE PTs and challenged on day 14 postinoculation.