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. 2021 Jul 10;100(10):101382. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101382

Table 4.

Effects of treatment (noninjected; diluent-injected; injected with 2.4 μg of vitamin D3 (D3) or 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25OHD3); and 2.4 μL of D3 and 25OHD3) on Emeria acervulina and maxima lesion scores in the duodenum (D), jejunum (J), and ileum (I), and overall lesion scores in the ceca at 28 d of age (doa).

In ovo injection treatment N Acervulina-D1 Maxima-D2 Acervulina-J3 Maxima-J4 Acervulina-I5,7 Maxima-I6 Ceca7
Diluent8 8 2.50 0 0.13 2.88 - 0.25 -
D39 8 3.00 0.13 0.25 2.38 - 0.13 -
25OHD310 8 1.75 0.13 0.25 1.25 - 0.50 -
D3+25OHD311 8 1.75 0 0.13 1.75 - 0.38 -
Pooled SEM 0.895 0.096 0.201 0.628 - 0.194 -
P-value 0.520 0.546 0.942 0.304 - 0.566 -
1

Eimeria acervulina lesion score in the duodenum at 14 d of post-coccidiosis challenge.

2

Eimeria maxima lesion score in the duodenum at 14 d of post-coccidiosis challenge.

3

Eimeria acervulina lesion score in the jejunum at 14 d of post-coccidiosis challenge.

4

Eimeria maxima lesion score in the jejunum at 14 d of post-coccidiosis challenge.

5

Eimeria acervulina lesion score in the ileum at 14 d of post-coccidiosis challenge.

6

Eimeria maxima lesion score in the ileum at 14 d of post-coccidiosis challenge.

7

No coccidiosis lesions were observed.

8

Eggs injected with 50 μL of commercial diluent at d 18 of incubation (doi) and the subsequent coccidiosis challenge of chicks at 14 doa.

9

Eggs injected with 50 μL of commercial diluent containing 2.4 μg of vitamin D3 at 18 doi and the subsequent coccidiosis challenge of chicks at 14 doa.

10

Eggs injected with 50 μL of commercial diluent containing 2.4 μg of 25OHD3 at 18 doi and the subsequent coccidiosis challenge of chicks at 14 doa.

11

Eggs injected with of 50 μL of commercial diluent containing 2.4 μg of D3 and 2.4 μg of 25OHD3 at 18 doi and the subsequent coccidiosis challenge of chicks at 14 doa.