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. 2023 May 6;13(9):1560. doi: 10.3390/ani13091560

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Effect of selenium supplementation on oocyst shedding of mixed Eimeria (E. tenella, E. acervulina, and E. maxima) infected broiler chickens. Chickens were infected (15,000 oocyst/chicken) with freshly propagated and sporulated oocyst mixture with 5000/mL E. acervulina, 5000/mL E. tenella, and 5000/mL E. maxima via oral gavage on day 16. CON: Se-un-supplemented diet, SS: inorganic Se-supplemented diet (0.3 mg/kg as sodium selenite), SY: organic selenized yeast-supplemented diet (0.3 mg/kg, Sel-Plex®, Alltech), ND: not detected. Each bar represents the mean ± SEM (n = 6). * indicates significant (p < 0.05) difference. Fecal samples were collected from 6 to 8 days post-infection to calculate the oocyst shedding.