Table 5.

Colon morphology measurements in weanling rats after 28 days of feeding

Parametera	Ratb	Valuec		P value
		BD	RS 5%
Crypt length	CR	207.6 ± 5.1	228.0 ± 6.6d	0.047
	GF	201.3 ± 4.5	205.6 ± 5.5	0.644
Goblet cell no.	CR	21.1 ± 0.6	24.9 ± 1.4d	0.043
	GF	24.0 ± 0.5	25.3 ± 1.4	0.347

^aMean colon crypt length (mm ± SEM) and mean goblet cell numbers per crypt.

^bCR, conventionally raised (n = 10); GF, germ free (n = 6).

^cRats were fed a BD or RS diet for 28 days.

^dSignificantly different from corresponding BD-fed rats (P < 0.05).