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

Table 2

Haematological and clinical biochemistry variables 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
5° dpi
Glucose	209,17	38,70	173,52	33,36	0,012
Triglyceride	122,66	57,47	121,25	46,81	0,942
Total cholesterol	104,77	40,39	130,31	102,78	0,378
Total protein	3,37	0,52	2,61	0,39	<0,001
Haematocrit	—	—	—	—	—
10° dpi
Glucose	231,24	25,33	206,59	26,01	0,014
Triglyceride	192,96	87,02	181,12	67,23	0,680
Total cholesterol	126,71	32,28	133,49	46,04	0,644
Total protein	3,58	0,70	2,50	0,19	<0,001
Haematocrit	29,35	1,47	27,88	2,92	0,163
15° dpi
Glucose	233,73	39,10	197,68	22,48	0,004
Triglyceride	135,67	62,13	132,21	45,99	0,864
Total cholesterol	130,36	27,39	119,57	29,29	0,306
Total protein	3,44	0,43	2,50	0,36	<0,001
Haematocrit	28,96	2,71	29,00	2,49	0,976
25° dpi
Glucose	266,59	72,09	139,52	32,92	<0,001
Triglyceride	116,50	16,06	100,56	17,60	0,022
Total cholesterol	137,92	17,04	119,86	14,06	0,006
Total protein	3,46	0,57	2,57	0,24	<0,001
Haematocrit	28,25	2,17	28,63	3,10	0,721
35° dpi
Glucose	252,92	35,14	121,85	35,45	<0,001
Triglyceride	111,14	24,07	101,10	17,67	0,220
Total cholesterol	148,47	16,21	135,24	13,37	0,026
Total protein	2,99	0,35	2,52	0,29	0,001
Haematocrit	29,30	3,47	31,46	3,44	0,111

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