Table 17.

Partial correlation of the 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.

	Eimeria acervulina		Eimeria maxima
	Coefficient	P-value	Coefficient	P-value
Duodenum1
Weight (g)	0.050	0.639	0.027	0.800
Length(cm)	0.167	0.117	0.166	0.121
Jejunum1
Weight (g)	0.304	0.004	0.335	0.001
Length(cm)	0.259	0.015	0.181	0.091
Ileum1
Weight (g)	-	-	0.233	0.026
Length(cm)	-	-	0.113	0.288
Duodenum2
Weight (g)	0.022	0.839	−0.021	0.841
Length(cm)	−0.144	0.164	0.0135	0.897
Jejunum2
Weight (g)	0.170	0.103	−0.031	0.765
Length(cm)	−0.088	0.402	−0.0775	0.460
Ileum2
Weight (g)	-	-	0.121	0.245
Length(cm)	-	-	0.056	0.592

¹Duodenum, Jejunum, Ileum = Intestinal measurements of day 27.

²Duodenum, Jejunum, Ileum = Intestinal measurements of day 36.