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Table 5 LR of E. coli fecal output due to the effect of continuous feeding of phage master mix for 20 d via oral injection 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 oral injection of phages for 20 d

E. coliCFU/mL

Mean LR (log10CFU/ml)

Time zero (control)

2.3 x 105

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Day 1

1.6x 105

0.15 ± 0.03

Day 2

9 x 104

0.4 ± 0.02

Day 3

1 x 105

0.36 ± 0.07

Day 4

1 x 104

1.36 ± 0.15

Day 5

1 x 105

0.36 ± 0.09

Day 6

4 x 103

1.76 ± 0.18

Day 7

7 x 103

1.51 ± 0.22

Day 8

9 x 103

1.4 ± 0.13

Day 10

8 x 103

1.45 ± 0.1

Day 12

1 x 105

0.36 ± 0.05

Day 14

5 x 104

0.66 ± 0.03

Day 16

5 x 104

0.66 ± 0.06

Day 20

1.2 x 105

0.28 ± 0.04