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Table 6 LR of E. coli fecal output due to the effect of continuous feeding of phage master mix for 20 d via oral administration of phage-containing capsules

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

Phage feed at 1×106PFU/ml via phage-containing capsules for 20 d

E. coliCFU/mL

Mean LR (log10CFU/ml)

Time zero (control)

1.8x105

-

Day 1

1.1x 105

0.21 ± 0.04

Day 2

9 x 103

1.3 ± 0.15

Day 3

1 x 103

2.25 ± 0.07

Day 4

8 x 103

1.35 ± 0.2

Day 5

7.6 x 102

2.37 ± 0.16

Day 6

1.7 x 102

3.02 ± 0.22

Day 7

2.8 x 102

2.8 ± 0.18

Day 8

1 x 103

2.25 ± 0.24

Day 10

8 .5x 103

1.32 ± 0.1

Day 12

2.3 x 104

0.89 ± 0.07

Day 14

1 x 104

1.25 ± 0.1

Day 16

1 x 105

0.25 ± 0.05

Day 20

2x105

−0.04 ± 0.006