Table 4.

Mean Eimeria lesion scores and standard deviation (SD) for E. acervulina (EA), E. maxima (EM) and E. tenella (ET) for the different treatments and days of the experiment.

		Eimeria lesion scores for d14
TRT1	Anticoccidial	Lesion scores EA		Lesion scores EM		Lesion scores ET
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
1	No	0.42	0.52	0.33	0.49	0.29	0.45
2	No	0.33	0.49	0.58	0.69	0.67	0.89
3	No	0.17	0.39	0.17	0.39	0.36	0.77
4	No	0.08	0.29	0.25	0.45	0.49	0.50
5:PC	Yes	0.08	0.29	0.25	0.62	0.33	0.75
6:NC	No	0.25	0.45	0.00	0.00	0.33	0.65
		Eimeria lesion scores for d22
TRT1	Anticoccidial	Lesion scores EA		Lesion scores EM		Lesion scores ET
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
1	No	0.50	0.52	0.25	0.45	1.71	1.01
2	No	0.33	0.49	0.75	0.86	2.08	0.9
3	No	0.25	0.45	0.67	0.49	2.17	0.94
4	No	0.08	0.29	0.58	0.67	1.58	1.24
5:PC	Yes	0.42	0.52	0.58	0.9	0.25	0.62
6:NC	No	0.25	0.45	0.58	0.67	0.38	0.64
		Eimeria lesion scores for d28
TRT1	Anticoccidial	Lesion scores EA		Lesion scores EM		Lesion scores ET
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
1	No	0.92	0.29	1.25	0.62	0.33	0.49
2	No	0.79	0.40	1.17	0.72	0.67	0.96
3	No	0.75	0.62	1.33	0.65	0.75	0.97
4	No	0.50	0.52	0.54	0.75	0.13	0.31
5:PC	Yes	1.08	0.29	1.5	0.67	0.42	0.47
6:NC	No	0.79	0.40	0.83	0.84	0.33	0.49
		Eimeria lesion scores for d35
TRT1	Anticoccidial	Lesion scores EA		Lesion scores EM		Lesion scores ET
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
1	No	0.38	0.23	0.67	0.49	0.42	0.9
2	No	0.42	0.2	0.83	0.39	0.33	0.44
3	No	0.58	0.2	0.83	0.58	0.83	0.94
4	No	0.25	0.34	0.67	0.49	0.17	0.39
5:PC	Yes	0.42	0.36	1.08	0.29	0.08	0.29
6:NC	No	0.50	0.21	1.33	0.49	0.29	0.45

¹TRT1-4: Eimeria infected and subjected to diet treatments 1-4; TRT5:PC: ’positive’ control group 5 (Eimeria infected/treated with anticoccidial); TRT6:NC: negative control group 6 (Eimeria infected/basal diet no additives).