Table 1.
Composition of basal diet.
Fig 1.
Kaplan–Meier curves showing survival of the broilers following E. coli O78 challenge for 13 days, n = 30.
Table 2.
Influence of dietary supplementation on performance and mortality of broilers.
Fig 2.
Influence of dietary supplementation on jejunal morphology of broilers after E. coli O78 challenge.
(A) The villus height of broiler in 14 days old. (B) The villus height of broiler in 14 days old. (C) The crypt depth of broiler in 14 days old. (D) The crypt depth of broiler in 21 days old. * indicates p<0.05.
Fig 3.
Influence of dietary supplementation on serum concentrations of IgA, IgG, and DAO in broilers.
(A) The level of IgA in 14 days old. (B) The level of IgA in 21 days old. (C) The level of IgG in 14 days old. (D) The level of IgG in 21 days old. (E) The level of DAO in 14 days old. (F) The level of DAO in 21 days old. * indicates p<0.05.
Fig 4.
Influence of dietary supplementation on caecal SCFA levels of broilers at 14 and 21 days of age.
(A) The level of acetic acid in 14 days old. (B) The level of acetic acid in 21 days old. (C) The level of propionic acid in 14 days old. (D) The level of propionic acid in 21 days old. (E) The level of butyric acid in 14 days old. (F) The level of butyric acid in 21 days old. (G) The level of valeric acid in 14 days old. (H) The level of valeric acid in 21 days old. (I) The level of branched SCFA in 14 days old. (J) The level of branched SCFA in 21 days old. (K) The level of total SCFA in 14 days old. (L) The level of total SCFA in 21 days old. * indicates p<0.05.