Table 16.

Partial correlation of the intestinal histomorphology, intestinal measurement, and intestinal lesion score produced by Eimeria acervulina and Eimeria maxima on Ross 708 male broilers sampled on day 27 and day 36.

	Villus height		Crypt depth		Villus width		VH:CD1
	Coefficient	P-value	Coefficient	P-value	Coefficient	P-value	Coefficients	P-value
Duodenum2
Weight (g)	0.0366	0.072	0.209	0.315	0.184	0.377	−0.099	0.637
Length(cm)	0.087	0.677	0.200	0.336	0.116	0.579	−0.171	0.413
Jejunum2
Weight (g)	0.509	0.013	0.2808	0.194	0.239	0.270	0.198	0.364
Length(cm)	−0.001	0.965	0.122	0.577	−0.085	0.699	−0.162	0.457
Ileum2
Weight (g)	0.154	0.424	0.155	0.420	0.151	0.433	−0.209	0.275
Length(cm)	−0.426	0.021	−0.228	0.233	−0.0370	0.848	0.046	0.81
Jejunum3
Weight (g)	0.405	0.067	0.341	0.130	0.153	0.506	0.086	0.709
Length(cm)	−0.401	0.071	0.159	0.491	−0.613	0.0031	−0.439	0.046
Duodenum2
E. acervulina	−0.186	0.343	0.512	0.005	0.072	0.715	−0.492	0.008
Jejunum2
E. acervulina	−0.086	0.780	0.358	0.230	−0.302	0.316	0.297	0.325
E. maxima	0.198	0.517	−0.242	0.426	−0.097	0.753	0.464	0.110
Ileum2
E. maxima	−0.127	0.497	−0.001	0.998	0.427	0.017	−0.042	0.821
Jejunum3
E. acervulina	0.288	0.183	−0.121	0.582	0.065	0.769	0.147	0.504
E. maxima	0.148	0.502	−0.328	0.126	0.273	0.208	0.378	0.076

¹VH:CD = Villus height: Crypt depth.

²Duodenum, Jejunum, Ileum = Intestinal measurements of day 27.

³Jejunum = Intestinal measurements of day 36.