Table 4. Gut micromorphology of giant gourami juveniles fed different diets for 90 days.
| Foregut | Midgut | Hindgut | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| hF (μm) a | wF (μm) b | hE (μm) c | hMV (μm) d | hF (μm) | wF (μm) | hE (μm) | hMV (μm) | hF (μm) | wF (μm) | hE (μm) | hMV (μm) | |
| KP1 | 336.17 ± 5.59 a | 51.30 ± 0.85 a | 26.21 ± 0.43 a | 2.56 ± 0.45 a | 227.50 ± 0.16 a | 47.16 ± 0.78 a | 24.31 ± 0.31 a | 1.64 ± 0.03 a | 213.92 ± 0.19 a | 42.91 ± 0.59 a | 20.22 ± 0.25 a | 1.49 ± 0.02 a |
| KP2 | 343.43 ± 1.38 b | 52.14 ± 0.86 b | 26.84 ± 0.44 b | 2.77 ± 0.45 b | 274.61 ± 1.21 b | 58.12 ± 0.97 b | 29.87 ± 0.49 b | 1.85 ± 0.01 b | 243.51 ± 1.07 b | 53.01 ± 0.88 b | 28.00 ± 0.46 b | 1.64 ± 0.01 b |
| KP3 | 434.13 ± 1.76 c | 53.23 ± 0.88 a | 27.42 ± 0.42 c | 2.79 ± 0.45 c | 324.96 ± 1.43 c | 61.50 ± 1.02 c | 32.82 ± 0.54 c | 1.80 ± 0.03 c | 305.60 ± 1.35 c | 60.02 ± 0.99 c | 29.54 ± 0.49 c | 1.77 ± 0.02 c |
| KP4 | 321.18 ± 1.42 d | 50.20 ± 0.83 d | 25.62 ± 0.79 d | 2.31 ± 0.07 d | 228.45 ± 1.01 d | 56.95 ± 0.95 d | 29.19 ± 0.48 d | 1.69 ± 0.01 d | 217.69 ± 0.96 d | 61.64 ± 1.03 d | 24.32 ± 24.32 d | 1.40 ± 0.01 d |
Mean values with different superscript letters in the same line are significantly different ( P < 0.05).
a
hF = fold height.
b
wF = fold width.
c
hE = enterocyte height.
d
hMV = microvillus height.