Table 8.

The effects of feeding YB to broiler breeders and/or their offspring on the jejunal histomorphology of broiler chicks challenged with Eimeria.¹

Item		VH, μm	CD, μm	VCR
Main effects, sex
Sex
Male		759.3	217.2	3.91
Female		749.2	218.5	3.85
SEM		3.944	3.146	0.078
Main effects, Eimeria challenge
No		932.2a	168.2b	5.60a
Yes		576.3b	267.5a	2.16b
SEM		3.944	3.146	0.078
Main effects, feed
Broiler breeder	Broiler chicks
Control	Control	740.1b	211.7	3.81
YB	Control	736.4b	219.7	3.77
Control	YB	767.5a	219.6	3.95
YB	YB	773.0a	220.3	4.00
SEM		5.578	4.449	0.110
Probabilities (P-value)
Sex		0.075	0.762	0.580
Eimeria challenge		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Feed		<0.001	0.478	0.425
Sex × Eimeria challenge		0.647	0.821	0.909
Sex × Feed		0.380	0.953	0.957
Eimeria challenge × Feed		0.739	0.088	0.309
Sex × Eimeria challenge × Feed		0.601	0.993	0.989

^a,bMeans assigned different letter superscripts within a response criterion differ, P < 0.05.

¹VH, villus height; CD, crypt depth; VCR, VH/CD.