Fig. 6: Individual fecal egg count (FEC; as eggs per gram of feces [EpG]) after challenge with 5000 H. contortus L3 (DPI: days post infection) of the POS, BVAX, GEA, and NEA group.
![Fig. 6: Individual fecal egg count (FEC; as eggs per gram of feces [EpG]) after challenge with 5000 H. contortus L3 (DPI: days post infection) of the POS, BVAX, GEA, and NEA group.](http://media.springernature.com/full/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41541-025-01249-z/MediaObjects/41541_2025_1249_Fig6_HTML.png)
The vaccinated sheep showed a delayed onset of egg shedding in comparison to the POS. Egg shedding in the POS ranged from 10,005 to 60,425 EpG, in the BVAX from 340 to 3630 EpG, in the GEA from 3580 to 19,365 EpG and in the NEA from 3080 to 28,480 EpG. The error bars indicate the 95% CI.