Table 3. Effect of spraying illite and zeolite on footpad dermatitis score in broiler’s litter1

Score2 CON T1 T2 T3 SE P-value
Average 1.88a 1.42b 1.63ab 1.60ab 0.083 0.002
CON, basal rice husk; T1, rice husk + 1% illite; T2, rice husk + 1% zeolite; T3, rice husk + 0.5% illite + 0.5% zeolite; SE, standard error.
Lesion score: Lesion score was determined as follow: 0, no lesion; 1, lesion covering less than 25% of the sole of the foot large area lesion; 2, covering between 25% and 50% of the sole of the foot; 3, more than 50% of the lesion of the plantar.
Each treatment was provided 5 kg of rice husk as a litter.
Means within column with different superscripts differ significantly (P<0.05).