Figure 1.

(A) Cecums collected from each group on the day 7 of the infection. (B) Mean ± SEM (cm) of cecal length to measure the degree of atrophy. ^a,bThe letters above the columns indicate statistical difference (P < 0.05). Scale bar around 3 cm. (C) Ceca of bird from CP group. (D) Ceca of bird from C2g cinnamon/kg diet group were demonstrated other typical pathologic traits of lesions such as wall thickening, erosion, and dark blood clotting. Abbreviations: C2g, 2 g cinnamon/kg diet; C4g, 4 g cinnamon/kg diet; C6g, 6 g cinnamon/kg diet; CP, basal diet with coccidiosis challenge; CN, basal diet without coccidiosis challenge; Sacox, 66 mg salinomycin/kg diet.