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. 2019 Feb 16;11(2):121. doi: 10.3390/toxins11020121

Table 3.

Hepatocellular degeneration and inflammatory cells infiltration in livers from broiler chickens consuming AFB1 (2 ppm) contaminated feed during 21 days supplemented with the three treatments 1.

Item NC AFB1 CUR CEL CEL + CUR
Hepatocellular degeneration 2.50 (2.00; 1.37)a 3.50 (3.00; 1.07)b 2.00 (2.00; 0.40)a 2.00 (2.00; 0.50)a 1.50 (1.00; 1.60)a
Lymphoid infiltration 1.00 (1.00; 0.40)a 3.50 (4.00; 1.37)b 1.50 (1.00; 0.67)a 2.00 (1.50; 0.70)a 2.00 (2.00; 0.27)a
Heterophilic infiltration 0.50 (1.00; 0.30)a 1.50 (1.00; 3.87)b 2.50 (2.50; 1.87)b 3.00 (3.00; 1.80)b 1.00 (1.00; 0.97)ab

1 Data are expressed as median (mode; variance). a,b Superscripts within rows indicate significant difference (P < 0.05), according Mann-Whitney U test; n = 12.