Excretion of Histomonas meleagridis following experimental co-infection of distinct chicken lines with Heterakis gallinarum and Ascaridia galli

Table 2 Descriptive statistics for average fecal egg counts, worm burdens and histomonad excretion in the infected birds of divergent chicken lines exposed to an experimental mixed-nematode infection

Data are presented as the overall average means (± SD) for each host line across 2 to 9 weeks post infection. Uninfected control animals were found negative for nematodes and H. meleagridis
^aR: Ross 308
^bLD: Lohmann Dual
^cLB: Lohmann Brown Plus
^dEPG: number of eggs per gram feces
^eEPD: number of eggs excreted within 24 h, i.e. eggs per day
^fHPG: number of histomonads per gram feces
^gHPD: number of histomonads excreted within 24 h

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