Table 3.
Frequency and prevalence [n(%)] of mixed infections in broiler farms from Romania.
| Total (n = 23) | Farm size |
Coccidiostata
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small (n = 8) | Medium (n = 6) | Large (n = 9) | Ionophores (n = 14) | Chemicals (n = 5) | ||
| E. acervulina + E. tenella | 8(34,8)* | 5(62,5)* | 3(50,0) | 0 | 8(57,1)* | 0 |
| E. acervulina + E. praecox | 1(4,3) | 0 | 0 | 1(11,1) | 0 | 1(20,0) |
| E. acervulina + E. tenella + E. maxima | 4(17,4) | 1(12,5) | 1(16,7) | 2(22,2) | 3(21,4) | 0 |
| E. acervulina + E. tenella + E. praecox | 1(4,3) | 1(12,5) | 0 | 0 | 1(7,1) | 0 |
| E. acervulina + E. tenella + E. maxima +E. praecox | 1(4,3) | 1(12,5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fisher exact test: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.
a
Nineteen out of 23 farmers answered to question regarding the coccidiostat used in-feed for coccidiosis control.