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Table 1 The effect of the herbal product H on lesion score and performance parameters in experimental groups of chickens challenged with Eimeria spp. (E. acervulina, E. maxima and E. tenella) compared with control groups

From: Efficacy of a commercial herbal formula in chicken experimental coccidiosis

 

Lesion score

BWG

FCR

Duodenum

Caecum

Total

BE1

 UU1

0

0

0

55.81 ± 2.54

1.97 ± 0.11

 IU1

0.4 ± 0.2

0.5 ± 0.2

0.9 ± 0.3

54.51 ± 1.55

1.77 ± 0.19

 ITA1

0.1 ± 0.1

0.1 ± 0.1

0.3 ± 0.2

53.57 ± 2.52

1.64 ± 0.31

 ITH1

0

0.5 ± 0.2

0.5 ± 0.2

53.30 ± 0.83

1.99 ± 0.30

 ITH2

0.4 ± 0.2

0.1 ± 0.1

0.5 ± 0.2

47.07 ± 1.74*

2.24 ± 0.08

BE2

 UU2

0

0

0

46.89 ± 2.68

1.58 ± 0.17

 IU2

1.33 ± 0.56

1.0 ± 0.00

2.33 ± 0.56

34.91 ± 4.39

2.04 ± 0.13

 ITA2

0.00 ± 0.00*

0.8 ± 0.20

0.8 ± 0.20*

42.36 ± 2.08

1.61 ± 0.02

 ITH3-5

0.83 ± 0.54

0.33 ± 0.21*

1.17 ± 0.65

40.57 ± 1.92

1.78 ± 0.03

 ITH3-10

0.83 ± 0.48

0.5 ± 0.22

1.33 ± 0.42

39.80 ± 2.83

1.78 ± 0.02

  1. *P < 0.05, Mann-Whitney test (independent samples) (MedCalc)
  2. Abbreviations: BE, battery experiment (5 × 103 oocysts/chicken in BE1 and 5 × 104 oocysts/chicken in BE2); UU1, 2, negative control group; IU1, 2, positive control group; ITA1,2, Amprolium® 20% (Romvac Company SA, Voluntari, Ilfov, Romania), soluble powder treated group; ITH1, ITH2, ITH3-5 and ITH3-10, experimental groups treated with the herbal product in different compositions, 10 ml/l water (ITH1, ITH2 and ITH3-10) and 5 ml/l water (ITH3-5); BWG, body weight gain; FCR: feed conversion ratio