A Pilot Study on the Effect of Thyme Microemulsion Compared with Antibiotic as Treatment of Salmonella Enteritidis in Broiler

Table 7

Results of sulfadiazine concentrations (μg/gm) in different boiler tissues after administration of 33.34 mg/kg b.wt. for 5 days.

Tissue	Groups	1st day	2nd day	3rd day	4th day	5th day	MRL
Muscle	Antibiotic in normal healthy group	110 ± 9	47.3 ± 3.1	ND	ND	ND	100
	Antibiotic + MDR infected group	86 ± 6	31 ± 3	ND	ND	ND
	Antibiotic + SS infected group	88 ± 6	33 ± 3	ND	ND	ND
	Antibiotic + MDR infected group fed on thyme microemulsion	84 ± 5	29 ± 2	ND	ND	ND
	Antibiotic + SS infected group fed on thyme microemulsion	83 ± 6	27 ± 2	ND	ND	ND
Liver	Antibiotic in normal healthy group	196 ± 8	119 ± 10	86 ± 7	63 ± 10	36 ± 5
	Antibiotic + MDR infected group	142 ± 11	99 ± 7	72 ± 4	45 ± 4	ND
	Antibiotic + SS infected group	144 ± 10	100 ± 8	72 ± 3	47 ± 3	ND
	Antibiotic + MDR infected group fed on thyme microemulsion	139 ± 11	97 ± 6	67 ± 2	43 ± 4	ND
	Antibiotic + SS infected group fed on thyme oil microemulsion	134 ± 9	94 ± 6	66 ± 3	40 ± 2	ND
Kidney	Antibiotic in normal healthy group	515 ± 53	342 ± 26	294 ± 13	128 ± 11	66 ± 6
	Antibiotic + MDR infected group	391 ± 10	195 ± 14	110 ± 11	78 ± 4	ND
	Antibiotic + SS infected group	395 ± 16	193 ± 14	112 ± 6	81 ± 6	ND
	Antibiotic + MDR infected group fed on thyme microemulsion	387 ± 13	188 ± 6	104 ± 12	74 ± 5	ND
	Antibiotic + SS infected group fed on thyme microemulsion	386 ± 19	187 ± 12	103 ± 10	75 ± 4	ND

ND: not detected. Significant with normal healthy group given antibiotic only at the same column using ANOVA at .