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Table 1 Experimental designa

From: Effects of thymol and carvacrol supplementation on intestinal integrity and immune responses of broiler chickens challenged with Clostridium perfringens

Treatments

Dietary EO dosage (mg/kg)

C. perfringens challenge

U1

0

Unchallenged

U2

60

Unchallenged

U3

120

Unchallenged

U4

240

Unchallenged

C1

0

Challenged

C2

60

Challenged

C3

120

Challenged

C4

240

Challenged

  1. a EO essential oils; Unchallenged, birds without oral gavage of C. perfringens; Challenged, birds with oral gavage of 1.0 mL actively growing culture of C. perfringens from d 14 to d 20 (1.0 × 108 cfu/mL)