Microbiota promotes recruitment and pro-inflammatory response of caecal macrophages during E. tenella infection

Table 1 Experimental groups of chickens

Groups	Microbiota	Infection
Conventional non-infected	+	−
Germ-Free non-infected	−	−
Conventional infected	+	+
Germ-Free infected	−	+
Germ-Free infected + Microbiota	Added at 4 dpi	+

In these experiments, conventional non-infected, GF non-infected, conventional infected, GF-infected, GF-infected receiving a microbiota from conventional chickens at 4 days post-infection were studied for macrophage recruitment and response

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