A Pilot Study on the Effect of Thyme Microemulsion Compared with Antibiotic as Treatment of Salmonella Enteritidis in Broiler

Table 8

Results of trimethoprim concentrations (μg/gm) in different boiler tissues after administration of 6.67 mg/kg b.wt. for 5 days.

Tissue	Groups	1st day	2nd day	3rd day	4th day	5th day	MRL
Muscle	Antibiotic in normal healthy group	41 ± 4	18 ± 1	ND	ND	ND	50
	Antibiotic + MDR infected group	26 ± 2	ND	ND	ND	ND
	Antibiotic + SS infected group	26 ± 1	ND	ND	ND	ND
	Antibiotic + MDR infected group fed on thyme microemulsion	26 ± 3	ND	ND	ND	ND
	Antibiotic + SS infected group fed on thyme microemulsion	25 ± 1	ND	ND	ND	ND
Liver	Antibiotic in normal healthy group	68.6 ± 3	42 ± 4	30 ± 3	22 ± 4	ND
	Antibiotic + MDR infected group	50 ± 5	28 ± 1	ND	ND	ND
	Antibiotic + SS infected group	52 ± 2	28 ± 1	ND	ND	ND
	Antibiotic + MDR infected group fed on thyme microemulsion	50 ± 7	27 ± 3	ND	ND	ND
	Antibiotic + SS infected group fed on thyme microemulsion	51 ± 4	27 ± 3	ND	ND	ND
Kidney	Antibiotic in normal healthy group	346 ± 35	230 ± 19	195 ± 11	86 ± 6	44 ± 4
	Antibiotic + MDR infected group	219 ± 9	134 ± 9	87 ± 3	ND	ND
	Antibiotic + SS infected group	219 ± 9	132 ± 10	88 ± 4	ND	ND
	Antibiotic + MDR infected group fed on thyme microemulsion	217 ± 6	134 ± 10	88 ± 3	ND	ND
	Antibiotic + SS infected group fed on thyme microemulsion	380 ± 19	187 ± 12	90 ± 3	ND	ND

ND: not detected. Significant with normal healthy group given antibiotic only at the same column using ANOVA at .