Table 7.
Effect of drinking water acidification on the dysbacteriosis lesion score (scale: 0–10) of broiler chicks experimentally challenged by C. jejuni.
| Score | Experimental Groups | X2 Value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | E | F | ||
| 0 | 8.33% | 8.33% | 0% | 16.67% | 8.33% | 8.33% | 0.406 |
| 1 | 8.33% | 33.33% | 25% | 50% | 25% | 33.33% | |
| 2 | 58.33% | 25% | 33.33% | 8.33% | 41.67% | 41.67% | |
| 3 | 25% | 33.33% | 25% | 8.33% | 25% | 16.67% | |
| 4 | 0% | 0% | 16.67% | 16.67% | 0% | 0% | |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
During this lesion score, none of the birds were given a score of 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10. At the 39th day of age, dysbacteriosis lesion scores were not significantly (p > 0.05) different according to the chi-2 analysis, and, therefore, multiple comparisons with Kruskal–Wallis test were not performed.