Table 4.

Intestinal morphology of piglets fed CONd or CDCd prestarter diet^a

	Treatments		SEM	P > F
	CONd	CDCd
Jejunum
Villus height (μm)	454	419	23.8	0.31
Crypt depth (μm)	186	181	5.6	0.59
Villus:Crypt ratio	2.5	2.3	0.14	0.48
Intraepithelial lymphocytes (n/villus)	30.7	29.2	1.77	0.55
Goblet cells (n/villus)	6.8	7.0	0.44	0.70
Ileum
Villus height (μm)	403	410	21.6	0.82
Crypt depth (μm)	133	153	6.0	0.04
Villus:Crypt ratio	3.1	2.7	0.16	0.13
Intraepithelial lymphocytes (n/villus)	27.7	30.3	1.60	0.27
Goblet cells (n/villus)	6.9	7.5	0.49	0.37

^aData are least squares means, n = 6. CONd, prestarter diet; CDCd, prestarter diet supplemented with 60 mg chenodeoxycholic acid per kg of initial body weight