Research Article
Comparative Response of the Nigerian Indigenous and Broiler Chickens to a Field Caecal Isolate of Eimeria Oocysts
Table 1
Experimental design.
| Group | Breed | Number of chickens | Dose level | Necropsy (25th day of infection) |
| A | Broiler chickens | 8 | 2500 | Day 25 | B | Broiler chickens | 8 | 5000 | Day 25 | C | Broiler chickens | 8 | 100.000 | Day 25 | D | Uninfected broiler chickens | 8 | 0 | Day 25 | E | Local chickens | 4 | 2500 | Day 25 | F | Local chickens | 4 | 5000 | Day 25 | G | Local chickens | 4 | 100.000 | Day 25 | H | Uninfected local chickens | 4 | 0 | Day 25 |
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