Table 4.
Short-circuit current (Isc) across the isolated jejunal and colonic mucosa of broilers after preincubation of the tissues with DON and after glucose addition.
| Parameters /tissue | Groups
|
SEM | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Inulin | |||
| Jejunum | ||||
| Basal Isc with DON (μA/cm2) | −7 | 3b | 6 | 0.421 |
| Isc after glucose addition (μA/cm2) | −7 | 6a | 6 | 0.233 |
| Colon | ||||
| Basal Isc with DON (μA/cm2) | 14 | −40b | 25 | 0.318 |
| Isc after glucose addition (μA/cm2) | −3 | 69a | 34 | 0.330 |
Within the same column means with different superscripts are significantly different (P ≤ 0.05, Paired t test), The results are reported as means, SEM (pooled), (n= 5/treatment).