. 2020 Apr 28;7:230. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00230

Table 4.

Intestinal lesion score at 20 days of age of broilers challenged with Eimeria spp. and fed different levels of inorganic minerals (Cu and Zn), ¹.

	Duodenum	Jejunum and ileum	Ceca
NC	0^c	0^b	0^c
CC	3.58^a	3.15^a	2.34^ab
100 Cu	3.21^ab	3.29^a	2.52^a
150 Cu	2.80^b	2.95^a	2.33^ab
80 Zn	3.29^ab	2.95^a	2.04^b
100 Zn	3.15^ab	3.00^a	2.11^b
P-Value	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
SE	0.2155	0.1995	0.1535

Non-challenged control (NC), Challenged control (CC), 100 ppm Cu (100 Cu), 150 ppm Cu (150 Cu), 80 ppm Zn (80 Zn), and 100 ppm Zn (100 Zn); SE: standard error.

^{a, b, c}

mean within a column with different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05). Values of mean represent 6 replicated pens per treatment.