Table 7.

Effect of Lonicerae flos and Turmeric extracts on intestinal morphology in broilers.

Items	CON	LTE300	LTE500	SEM	P value
					ANOVA	Linear	Quadratic
38 d
VH (μm)	800.00	846.13	879.63	15.408	0.060	0.020	0.959
CD (μm)	127.00a	101.75b	107.14b	3.268	<0.001	<0.001	0.005
VH/CD	6.34b	8.18a	8.21a	0.269	<0.001	<0.001	0.024
60 d
VH (μm)	918.78b	1126.74a	1073.31ab	36.777	0.036	0.035	0.087
CD (μm)	107.83	108.98	119.94	3.783	0.390	0.249	0.466
VH/CD	8.58b	10.58a	8.59b	0.345	0.020	0.337	0.008

Abbreviations: CD, crypt depth; CON, control group, basal diet; LTE300, basal diet supplemented with 300 g/t LTE; LTE500, basal diet supplemented with 500 g/t LTE; VH, villus height; VH/CD, the ratio of villus height to crypt depth.

^a,bMeans within a row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).