Effect of organic acids on growth performance, intestinal morphology, and immunity of broiler chickens with and without coccidial challenge

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Table 7 Effect of organic acids on alpha diversity of ileal chyme of broilers with and without coccidial challenge

Treatment¹	C.C	Observed Species		Shannon		Simpson		Chao1		ACE		Good Coverage		Phylogenetic Distance
		18d	29d	18d	29d	18d	29d	18d	29d	18d	29d	18d	29d	18d	29d
CON	−	317.2	387.7	3.69	5.12	0.73	0.91	401.3	424.1	403.8	427.9	0.995	0.998	45.60	44.70
OAW	−	274.8	497.0	3.51	5.25	0.78	0.90	339.9	568.4	362.3	571.8	0.995	0.996	29.01	53.28
OAF	−	296.6	363.3	3.82	4.67	0.76	0.90	325.4	431.2	337.9	424.5	0.997	0.997	52.46	41.80
CONC	+	280.3	379.8	3.83	3.86	0.84	0.75	351.5	453.8	357.4	470.6	0.996	0.996	36.11	42.05
OAWC	+	291.2	447.8	3.27	5.07	0.72	0.90	350.9	507.2	365.3	508.1	0.996	0.996	40.98	51.92
OAFC	+	355.2	374.0	4.06	4.30	0.76	0.83	431.3	465.7	423.0	476.5	0.996	0.996	51.15	42.69
SEM		71.2	60.1	0.73	0.49	0.10	0.04	73.9	59.0	70.5	56.2	0.001	0.000	18.82	7.55
Main effect means
CON		303.38	383.75	3.743	4.492	0.774	0.832	382.59	446.91	386.40	449.27	0.996	0.997	42.040	43.373
OAW		283.00	472.42	3.390	5.160	0.749	0.896	345.37	537.79	363.84	539.99	0.996	0.996	35.000	52.604
OAF		328.55	368.18	3.950	4.500	0.757	0.867	383.15	446.91	384.29	448.10	0.996	0.996	51.750	42.204
C.C	−	296.20	416.00	3.728	5.014	0.755	0.901^a	355.50	474.58	368.00	474.74	0.990	0.997	42.360	45.722
C.C	+	316.30	402.12	3.728	4.415	0.763	0.827^b	385.50	476.14	388.30	485.58	0.990	0.996	44.300	46.594
P-value	Diet	0.814	0.191	0.729	0.243	0.923	0.243	0.877	0.193	0.962	0.192	0.261	0.400	0.638	0.333
	C.C	0.830	0.755	0.938	0.024	0.815	0.024	0.716	0.984	0.812	0.824	0.866	0.063	0.980	0.867
	Diet × C.C	0.809	0.879	0.937	0.123	0.702	0.123	0.580	0.659	0.649	0.523	0.146	0.071	0.855	0.973

¹CON Control diet, OAW Organic acid in water, OAF Organic acid in feed, CONC Control diet with Coccidial challenge, OAWC Organic acid in water with Coccidial challenge; and OAFC Organic acid in feed with Coccidial challenge
^a−b Mean within each column with no common superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05)