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Table 3.

Effects of composite antimicrobial peptides on the jejunal and ileal morphology of piglets challenged with d eoxynivalenol ^1,2

Item	Diets				SEM	P -value
Item	NC	CAP	DON	DON + CAP	SEM	P -value
Jejunum
Villus height, μm	240.01	239.08	197.56	221.87	7.05	0.23
Crypt depth, μm	126.39^ab	117.03^b	145.14^a	110.48^b	6.88	0.04
Villus height: Crypt depth	1.92	2.06	1.39	2.05	0.11	0.08
Goblet cell number	11.50	11.00	17.67	12.00	1.20	0.26
Lymphocyte number	195.00^b	198.50^b	256.33^a	204.50^b	9.26	<0.01
Ileum
Villus height, μm	263.20^a	240.15^a	170.98^b	185.08^b	10.31	<0.01
Crypt depth, μm	117.73	120.05	109.45	104.73	4.36	0.56
Villus height: Crypt depth	2.32^a	2.06^ab	1.57^c	1.81^ab	0.09	0.04
Goblet cell number	22.33	16.00	19.00	18.50	1.36	0.38
Lymphocyte number	181.25^c	154.75^d	232.00^a	204.00^b	7.70	<0.01

Xiao et al. 2013 [30].

¹NC: Basal diet. CAP: Basal diet + 0.4% composite antimicrobial peptide, DON: Basal diet + 4 mg/kg DON, DON + CAP: Basal diet + 4 mg/kg DON + 0.4% composite antimicrobial peptide.

² n = 7. ^a-d Values with different letters within the same row are significantly different (P < 0.05).