Role of oregano and Citrus species-based essential oil preparation for the control of coccidiosis in broiler chickens

Table 3 Effects of the dietary essential oil preparation on the duodenal lesion scores and oocyst counts per gram of litter¹

Item	Treatment²				SEM	P-value
Item	CON	INFECT	SAL	EO	SEM	P-value
d 20
Lesion score	0^b	1.86^a	1.71^a	1.86^a	0.233	< 0.001
Oocysts, log₁₀ oocysts/g litter
d 21	0^b	2.97^a	0^b	2.87^a	0.183	< 0.001
d 35	0^c	3.15^a	2.82^ab	2.77^b	0.114	< 0.001

¹Values represent the mean of 7 replicates per treatment (n = 7/treatment)
²CON Non-challenged naïve control, INFECT Challenged control, SAL Challenged/salinomycin-added diet, EO Challenged/essential oil-added diet, SEM Standard error of the means
^a-cMeans with different superscripted letters differ significantly (P < 0.05)

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