Table 1 Histopathological examination in the liver.

From: Short chain fatty acids facilitate protective immunity by macrophages and T cells during acute fowl adenovirus-4 infection

Group

No treatment + no infection

No treatment + infection

SCFA + no infection

SCFA + infection

No. examined

3

3

3

3

No specific lesion

2 (66.7)

0 (0.00)

1 (33.3)

0 (0.00)

Infiltrates, mononuclear cells, multifocal

1 (33.3)

2 (66.7)

1 (33.3)

2 (66.7)

Grades: minimal

1

0\

0

0

Mild

0

2

1

2

Focal necrosis, multifocal

0 (0.00)

2 (66.7)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

Grades: minimal

0

2

0

0

Inflammatory foci, heterophilic and/or mononuclear cells with vacuolar degeneration and necrosis of hepatocytes

0 (0.00)

3 (100)

0(0.00)

3 (100)

Grades: moderate

0

3

0

3

Lipidosis, diffuse

1 (33.3)

2 (66.7)

1 (33.3)

2 (66.7)

Grades: minimal

1

1

1

2

Mild

0

1

0

0