Effects of Eimeria maxima infection doses on growth performance and gut health in dual-infection model of necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens.

ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of the different doses of Eimeria maxima (EM) oocysts on growth performance and intestinal health in broiler chickens challenged with a dual infection model of necrotic enteritis (NE) using EM and NetB⁺ Clostridium perfringens (CP). A total of 432 fourteen-d-old male Cobb 500 broiler chickens were divided into 6 groups with 6 replicates each. The six different groups were as follows: Control, non-challenged; T0⁺, challenged with CP at 1 × 10⁹ colony forming unit; T5K⁺, T0⁺ + 5,000 EM oocysts; T10K⁺, T0⁺ + 10,000 EM oocysts; T20K⁺; T0⁺ + 20,000 EM oocysts; and T40K⁺

SUBMITTER: Goo D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10547889 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature