Table 4 Scoring of microscopic liver lesions and liver/body weight ratios in all the chickens. For caged group, the Nos 10–12, 13–15, 16–18, 28–30, 31–33 and 34–36 chickens were kept separately in the same cage
Housing arrangements | No. of chickens (score a, liver/body weight ratio b) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cage-free (Inoculated) | 1(1, 23.16) | 2(4, 40.92) | 3(2, 23.44) | 4(2, 32.19) | 5(4, 37.98) | 6(3, 33.25) | 7(2, 24.01) | 8(4, 36.78) | 9(2, 23.48) |
Caged (Inoculated) | 10(0, 24.84) | 11(4, 36.47) | 12(1, 23.39) | 13(0, 22.08) | 14(4, 35.88) | 15(0, 24.12) | 16(2, 23.98) | 17 (1, 22.68) | 18(4, 38.11) |
Cage-free (Negative) | 19(0, 23.98) | 20(0, 24.12) | 21(1, 22.65) | 22(0, 23.65) | 23(1, 24.09) | 24(0, 23.51) | 25(0, 22.98) | 26(1, 23.65) | 27(0, 24.01) |
Caged (Negative) | 28(1, 22.99) | 29(0, 25.01) | 30(0, 23.98) | 31(0, 24.19) | 32(1, 24.67) | 33(2, 24.88) | 34(0, 22.87) | 35(1, 23.13) | 36(0, 24..35) |