Experimental Infection with Sporulated Oocysts of Eimeria maxima (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) in Broiler

Table 1

Zootechnical parameters for Coob male broilers-control group and the one infected with sporulated oocysts of E. maxima.

	Experimental groups
Experiencing days	Control		Infected
	Average	SD	Average	SD
10° dpi
Live weight	386,67	57,26	365,13	45,49	0,264
Carcase weight	274,47	42,34	265,60	48,66	0,599
Heart weight	2,40	0,33	2,50	0,34	0,432
Liver weight	16,24	3,22	17,14	2,96	0,430
Gizzard weight	13,16	1,69	12,62	0,96	0,287
15° dpi
Live weight	493,33	56,32	451,42	71,34	0,100
Carcase weight	365,00	46,92	328,83	56,57	0,081
Heart weight	3,00	0,32	2,73	0,53	0,123
Liver weight	13,42	1,57	16,97	3,02	0,001
Gizzard weight	13,68	1,60	13,09	1,89	0,389
25° dpi
Live weight	633,80	62,79	668,47	71,34	0,169
Carcase weight	473,13	47,86	485,87	56,57	0,511
Heart weight	3,47	0,48	3,81	0,48	0,062
Liver weight	25,04	4,00	23,85	3,91	0,418
Gizzard weight	17,82	1,96	18,39	2,70	0,517

*Student’s -test; SD = standard-deviation.
The value of “” em bold italic indicates a statistical difference of the level of 5%.