Table 10.
Effect of drinking water acidification on the mean viscosity ( ± SEM) (cP) of the intestinal contents of broiler chicks, experimentally challenged by C. jejuni.
| Anatomical Part | Experimental Groups | p Value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | E | F | ||
| 15th day * | |||||||
| Jejunum | 1.39 ± 0.04 | 1.60 ± 0.18 | 1.43 ± 0.05 | 1.62 ± 0.05 | 0.119 | ||
| Ileum | 1.69 ± 0.15 | - 1 | 1.82 ± 0.19 | 1.67 ± 0.04 | 0.862 | ||
| 39th day | |||||||
| Jejunum | 3.24 ± 0.25 a,b,c | 2.43 ± 0.15 a | 2.85 ± 0.14 a,b,c | 2.77 ± 0.17 a,b | 3.44 ± 0.27 c | 3.29 ± 0.29 b,c | 0.021 |
| Ileum | 3.16 ± 0.10 | 3.47 ± 0.20 | 3.35 ± 0.09 | 3.38 ± 0.12 | 3.50 ± 0.18 | 3.46 ± 0.19 | 0.761 |
a,b,c Means in the same row with a different superscript differ significantly (p ≤ 0.05). * For the period 1–18 days, groups A, B, and C were considered as one (controls), as birds in these groups received only tap water (without any treatment), and the challenge by C. jejuni was not yet applied. 1 These data are not available due to insufficient digesta for measuring the viscosity in the ileum of birds in this group.