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. 2020 Nov 2;6(11):e05361. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05361

Table 4.

Intestinal macroscopic NE lesion scores (0–3) of broilers at 40 d.

Treatment group Macroscopic NE Lesion Scores (points)
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.

1

SEM: standard error of the mean.