. 2023 Oct 15;103(1):103206. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.103206

Table 6.

Histomorphometric analysis of intestines from chickens supplemented with nanomethionine and subjected for heat stress for 28 d.

Measurement (µm)	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	P value
Villus height	600.00 ± 10.41^a	615.67 ± 6.64^a	498.33 ± 14.24^d	565.00 ± 8.66^b	530.00 ± 5.77^c	<0.0001
Villus width at the tip	51.67 ± 3.76^ab	59.67 ± 1.45^a	37.00 ± 4.04^c	48.33 ± 4.41^abc	45.67 ± 2.96^bc	<0.0211
Villus width at the tip crypt/villus junction	55.00 ± 3.79^a	55.67 ± 2.33^a	42.67 ± 4.81^a	48.00 ± 4.36^a	45.00 ± 3.61^a	0.4388
Crypt depth	71.00 ± 4.73^ab	79.00 ± 4.73^a	62.67 ± 5.36^b	69.33 ± 3.48^ab	64.33 ± 2.33^b	0.0105
Villus height/crypt depth ratio	8.51 ± 0.42^a	7.84 ± 0.41^a	8.06 ± 0.69^a	8.20 ± 0.55^a	8.26 ± 0.34^a	0.6370
Tunica muscularis thickness	222.33 ± 6.74^a	223.33 ± 4.41^a	224.33 ± 5.21^a	218.67 ± 6.77^a	221.33 ± 6.98^a	0.5889

Data represent mean ± SE. Values with different letters in the same row indicate significant differences between different test groups at P < 0.05. G1: control, G2: Nanomethionine in drinking water, G3: Heat stress (HS), G4: Nanomethionine+HS, G5: Nanomethionine during HS.