Table 23.

Lesion scores for different Eimeria species at different study days in floor pen trials

Trial	Group	E. acervulina		E. tenella		E. maxima
		Day 21	Day 28	Day 21	Day 28	Day 21	Day 28
1	UUC	0.1c	1.2a	0c	0.1c	nr	nr
	UTC	0.1c	0.9a	0c	0.1c	nr	nr
	IUC	0.7b	0.4b	1.8a	0.8a	nr	nr
	IT	1.6a	0.5b	1.1b	0.4b	nr	nr
2	UUC	0.6c	1.3a	0.1c	0.1b	0.8b	0.6b
	UTC	0.4c	1.0ab	0.1c	0.1b	0.7b	0.4b
	IUC	1.7b	0.8b	1.8a	0.8a	1.7a	1.1a
	IT	2.2a	1.1ab	1.1b	0.9a	0.8b	0.9a
3	UUC	0.09b	1.27a	0.10c	0.12bc	0.20c	0.13c
	UTC	0.13b	0.73b	0.08c	0.07b	0.05d	0.10c
	IUC	1.41a	0.78b	2.42a	0.42a	1.91a	0.95a
	IT	1.82a	1.43a	0.95b	0.20c	0.53b	0.62b
4	UUC	0.9b	2.0	ns	ns	ns	ns
	IUC	2.1a	1.8	ns	ns	ns	ns
	IT	2.2a	1.7	ns	ns	ns	ns

^{a, b, c}means in a column with different superscript letters are significantly different (p ≤ 0.05).

nr: not reported in Trial 1 considering the low dose of E. maxima in the inoculum.

ns: not scored in trial 4 since the inoculum did not contain E. tenella and E. maxima.