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Table 2 Faeces score post infection (p.i.), lesion score, daily body weight gain (BWG) and feed conversion ratio (FCR) in chicken experimental groups given diets consisting of Artemisia annua leaf powder alone ( Aa-p ) or combined with Foeniculum vulgare essential oil ( Fv-o ), after infection with Eimeria tenella (1×10 4 oocysts)

From: Effects of Artemisia annua and Foeniculum vulgare on chickens highly infected with Eimeria tenella (Phylum Apicomplexa)

Treatment groups

Faecal score (average of days 4–9 p.i.)

Lesion score

BWG (g)

FCR

 

Day 0-7

Day 0-35

Neg

0/0/0/0/0/0**

0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0***

41.4 ± 0.25***

69.6 ± 0.13**

1.86

Pos

2/4/4/2/3/0

4/3/3/4/3/4/4/3/4/0

33.5 ± 1.23

61.1 ± 0.92

1.98

Las

0/4/0/0/0/0*

0/0/0/3/1/1/1/1/0/0***

40.9 ± 0.33***

66.8 ± 0.17*

1.88

Aa-p

0/4/0/0/0/0*

1/0/0/2/2/2/0/4/3/0**

39.2 ± 0.41**

68.2 ± 0.20**

1.85

Aa + Fv-o

2/4/0/0/0/0

4/4/4/3/1/3/3/3/3/0

36 ± 0.99

64.1 ± 0.60

1.94

  1. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001.
  2. Negative group (Neg) was uninfected, untreated. Positive group (Pos) was infected, untreated. Birds that were infected and treated with lasalocid (Las) served as infected, treated controls.
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

ISSN: 1751-0147