Table 3.

Effect of diclazuril and/or lactoferrin on body weight and body weight gain (in gram) during E. tenella infected of broiler chickens.

Groups Parameters	G1: Control healthy group	G2: Infected non-treated	G3: Infected + Diclazuril	G4: Infected + LF	G5: Infected + LF + Diclazuril	p
Initial body weight (0 days)	39.33 ± 0.33a	39.67 ± 0.67a	39.00 ± 0.58a	39.00 ± 0.58a	39.67 ± 0.88a	0.886
Body weight week 1 (7 days)	147.33 ± 2.40b	151.33 ± 2.40b	153.33 ± 4.06b	172 ± 3.06a	173.33 ± 5.7a	<0.01**
Body weight week 2 (14 days)	466.67 ± 9.82b	466.67 ± 5.46b	475.33 ± 1.45b	514 ± 5.86a	520.33 ± 3.76a	<0.001***
Final body weight week 3 (22 days)	1002.67 ± 2.90c	836.67 ± 7.86d	1010.33 ± 15.84c	1050.67 ± 6.36b	1128.67 ± 7.54a	<0.001***
Body weight gain from 14 to 22 days	536 ± 9.17b	370 ± 6.93c	535 ± 14.50b	536.67 ± 5.49b	608.33 ± 11.29a	<0.001***
Body weight gain from 0 to 22 days	963.33 ± 2.60c	797.00 ± 8.33d	971.33 ± 16.33c	1011.67 ± 6.69b	1089.00 ± 7.37a	<0.001***

Data are presented as (Mean ± SE). n = 3 chickens; Mean values with different superscript letters in the same raw are significantly different at (p ≤ 0.05). *Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05, **Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.01, ***Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.001.