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. 2025 Feb 28;15(2):746–764. doi: 10.5455/OVJ.2025.v15.i2.24

Table 5. Intestinal histomorphology of fish exposed to different experimental treatments for 60 days.

Variable CG SB1 SB2 SB3 p value
Anterior part
Villi length (μm) 151.487 ± 15.48a 227.611 ± 17.604b 376.646 ± 28.711c 286.525 ± 11.085d <0.0001
Villi width (μm) 112.108 ± 20.842a 114.84 ± 7.845a 86.42 ± 30.315a 100.855 ± 3.95a 0.3114
Goblet cell/mm2 32 ± 3.606a 40 ± 3.606a 70.333 ± 5.508b 54.667 ± 6.506c <0.0001
The inter-villi space (μm) 104.943 ± 14.55a 80.878 ± 6.64ac 42.490 ± 9.29b 52.941 ± 13.692bc 0.0029
Middle part
Villi length (μm) 373.497 ±24.584a 491.627 ±43.98ac 738.84 ±39.57b 593.617 ±
133.102bc
0.0018
Villi width (μm) 88.165 ±8.685a 95.728 ±7.280a 65.887 ±9.523b 81.340 ±7.387ab 0.0122
Goblet cell/mm2 50.667 ±3.055a 64.334 ±3.215b 90.00 ±4.001c 77.00 ±7.00d <0.0001
The inter-villi space (μm) 33.357 ±3.571a 23.160 ±5.784b 8.823 ±0.577c 12.093 ±2.303c 0.0001
Posterior part
Villi length (μm) 69.780 ±11.628a 89.27 ±8.552a 197.925 ±10.616b 123.389 ±5.384c <0.0001
Villi width (μm) 125.567 ±45.946a 87.454 ±10.912a 87.972 ±10.454a 106.678 ±19.90a 0.3013
Goblet cell/mm2 17.33 ±3.055a 25.33 ±2.516ac 39.33 ±3.511b 33.667 ±3.785bc 0.0002
The inter-villi space (μm) 123.111 ±33.495a 99.507 ±22.469ac 37.59 ±10.55b 56.294 ±17.649bc 0.0061

Note: Means ± SD within the same row with different superscripts are significantly different (p< 0.05). Different superscript letters (a, b, c, d) indicate significant differences between different groups: CG, the fish received basal diet; Syrena Boost group 1 (SB1), fish received basal diet containing 0.1 g kg–1 Syrena Boost; Syrena Boost group 2 (SB2), fish received basal diet containing 0.2 g kg–1 Syrena Boost; Syrena Boost group 3 (SB3), fish received basal diet containing 0.4 g kg–1 Syrena Boost.