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Table 8.

Effects of line, dose and their interaction on long bone mineralisation parameters at d13 post inoculation, in broiler chickens of either fast or slow growing lines, inoculated with 0 (Control), 2,5 × 10³ (Low) or 7 × 10³ (High) sporulated E. maxima oocysts (LS means with SEM).

		Tibia			Femur
		BBS/BW (N/kg)	Ash/BW (g/kg)	Ash (%)	BBS/BW (N/kg)	Ash/BW (g/kg)	Ash (%)
Line
	Slow	191	1.15	44.9	175	0.821	43.8
	Fast	194	1.08	45.1	152	0.750	43.7
	SEM	7.2	0.019	0.21	6.4	0.0118	0.42
Dose
	Control	215^a	1.15^a	45.8^a	168	0.809^a	45.1^a
	Low	189^ab	1.13^ab	44.7^b	162	0.794^ab	42.7^b
	High	174^b	1.05^b	44.4^b	160	0.754^b	43.4^b
	SEM	8.8	0.024	0.26	7.8	0.0145	0.51
Line × Dose
Slow	Control	210	1.19	45.4	180	0.858	45.5
	Low	200	1.19	45.2	186	0.846	42.9
	High	164	1.05	44.1	160	0.760	42.9
Fast	Control	221	1.18	46.2	157	0.760	44.8
	Low	179	1.07	44.3	139	0.743	42.4
	High	183	1.05	44.7	161	0.749	43.9
	SEM	12.4	0.032	0.37	10.9	0.0205	0.72
Source		Probabilities
Line		0.764	0.021	0.593	0.014	<0.001	0.924
Dose		0.007	0.011	0.001	0.748	0.030	0.005
Line × Dose		0.237	0.182	0.052	0.104	0.052	0.424

^a-cMeans within a column that do not share a common superscript are significantly different (P < 0.05).

Abbreviations: BBS, bone breaking strength; BW, body weight at dissection.