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Table 5.

Effects of dietary Forsythia suspensa extract (FSE) supplement on small intestinal morphology in broilers

Items	Treatments			SEM	p value

	NC	FC	PC
Villus height (μM)
Duodenum	1,198.7^b	1,379.7^a	1,199.0^b	34.11	0.03
Jejunum	579.6	631.8	601.6	19.62	0.58
Ileum	473.8^b	609.0^a	547.6^ab	20.73	<0.05
Crept depth (μM)
Duodenum	203.4	163.9^b	192.4^ab	6.81	<0.05
Jejunum	178.4	167.9	160.8	5.72	0.47
Ileum	161.0	139.7	164.6	5.53	0.13
Villus height/crept depth ratio
Duodenum	6.00^b	8.67^a	6.27^b	0.42	<0.01
Jejunum	3.26	3.76	3.74	0.22	0.43
Ileum	2.99^b	4.44^a	3.40^b	0.23	<0.05