Table 5.
Parasite development score by histopathological examination of four chicks that died during cage protection in 2020.
| Organ | Chick |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | b | c | d | |
| Stomach | – | – | – | – |
| Duodenum | – | – | ++ | +++ |
| Jejunum | – | – | ++ | ++ |
| Ileum | – | – | – | +++ |
| Ceca (right and left) | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/+++ |
| Colon | – | – | + | +++ |
| Heart | – | – | – | – |
| Liver | – | – | – | – |
| Kidneys | – | – | – | – |
| Cage No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Family | C | A | C or D | C or D |
| Date of death, 2020 | 12 July | 14 July | 28 July | 30 July |
-; no parasites, +; a few parasites in intestinal mucosa on some fields, ++; 1–5 parasites in intestinal mucosa per field, +++; >5 parasites per field.