Table 5.
Tissue conductance (Gt, mS/cm2) across the isolated jejunal and colonic mucosa of broilers after glucose addition.
| Dietary treatment
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| Parameters | Control | Synbiotic | SEM | P Value |
| 1- Jejunum | ||||
| Basal Gt (mS/cm2) | 2.87 a | 2.30 b | 0.3 | 0.036 |
| Gt after glucose addition (mS/cm2) | 2.86 | 2.33 | 0.4 | 0.131 |
| 2- Colon | ||||
| Basal Gt (mS/cm2) | 8.27 | 6.69 | 0.6 | 0.316 |
| Gt after glucose addition (mS/cm2) | 7.97 | 6.56 | 0.7 | 0.388 |
Within the same row means with different superscripts are significantly different (Independent samples t-test). (n = 5/treatment).