Figure 6

Changes in white blood cells during chicken infections with APEC strains. A Dot boxplots with results for peripheral blood flow cytometry of chickens 24 or 48 h after intratracheal inoculation with WT, ΔfdeC strains or PBS. Counts of cells per microliter peripheral blood are shown on the y-axis and inoculation groups on the x-axis. B Dot boxplots with results for left lung to whole body weight ratio of chickens 48 h after intratracheal inoculation with WT, ΔfdeC strains or PBS. Left lung to whole body weight ratio (multiplied 100 ×) are shown on the y-axis and inoculation groups on the x-axis. All statistically significant comparisons are shown. Statistically significant differences between groups are marked with “*” (p < 0.05, Benjamini Hochberg corrected Wilcoxon test).