Fig. 1

Time- and host-line-dependent changes in excretion of histomonads through a gram (A) or total daily amount of feces (B) in chickens of divergent lines. ab: indicates significant differences among the host lines at a given week post infection (wpi). Note that the P-values are based on the analyses of the log-transformed data, whereas figures presented as LSMEANS and their standard errors represent the raw data. Number of infected birds sampled for histomonad excretion in feces was n = 139. For distribution of samples per each wpi, see Table 1. HPG number of histomonads per gram feces, HPD number of histomonads excreted per total amount feces within 24 h. ab: Different letters indicate significant differences between different host-lines at a given time point (P < 0.05)