Table 2.

Descriptive statistics for average fecal egg counts, worm burdens and histomonad excretion in the infected birds of divergent chicken lines exposed to an experimental mixed-nematode infection

	Ra	LDb	LBc
EPGd positive (%)	2.8	11.1	11.1
EPG	7 ± 43	20 ± 80	10 ± 32
EPDe	614 ± 3684	1728 ± 6973	460 ± 1612
H. gallinarum, n/bird	7 ± 12.3	11 ± 17.6	12 ± 20.0
A. galli, n/bird	30 ± 54.9	27 ± 36.7	22 ± 37.8
HPGf	30 ± 59	70 ± 118	98 ± 150
HPDg	3609 ± 7510	4179 ± 7628	3429 ± 5512

Data are presented as the overall average means (± SD) for each host line across 2 to 9 weeks post infection. Uninfected control animals were found negative for nematodes and H. meleagridis

^aR: Ross 308

^bLD: Lohmann Dual

^cLB: Lohmann Brown Plus

^dEPG: number of eggs per gram feces

^eEPD: number of eggs excreted within 24 h, i.e. eggs per day

^fHPG: number of histomonads per gram feces

^gHPD: number of histomonads excreted within 24 h