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Table 4 LR of E. coli fecal output due to the effect of continuous feeding of phage master mix for 20 d via drinking water with alkali

From: Novel approach of using a cocktail of designed bacteriophages against gut pathogenic E. colifor bacterial load biocontrol

Phage feed at 1×107PFU/ml via drinking water for 20 d

E. coliCFU/mL

Mean LR (log10CFU/ml)

Time zero (control)

6 x 104

-

Day 1

4 x 104

0.17 ± 0.02

Day 2

2 x 104

0.47 ± 0.03

Day 3

2 x 104

0.47 ± 0.02

Day 4

1 x 103

1.78 ± 0.18

Day 5

1 x 103

1.78 ± 0.09

Day 6

2 x 103

1.47 ± 0.1

Day 7

1 x 102

2.78 ± 0.14

Day 8

2 x 102

2.47 ± 0.22

Day 10

1 x 103

1.78 ± 0.12

Day 12

1 x 103

1.78 ± 0.15

Day 14

1 x 104

0.78 ± 0.08

Day 16

2 x 103

1.47 ± 0.11

Day 20

3 x 104

0.3 ± 0.03