Table 4.
Intestinal macroscopic NE lesion scores (0–3) of broilers at 40 d.
Treatment group | Macroscopic NE Lesion Scores (points) |
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Duodenum | Jejunum | Ileum | |
CTR: Negative control | 0.00c | 0.00b | 0.00b |
NE: Positive control, NE challenge | 1.86a | 1.21a | 1.07a |
SG + NE: Sanguinarine-based phytobiotic, NE challenge | 0.71b | 1.00a | 0.29b |
SEM1 | ±0.163 | ±0.211 | ±0.1029 |
p-Value | 0.0001∗∗∗ | 0.0005∗∗∗ | 0.0001∗∗∗ |
ab Means values within a column with different superscripts are significantly different ∗, P < 0.05; ∗∗, P < 0.01; ∗∗∗, P < 0.001.
NS, not significant.
SEM: standard error of the mean.