Table 5.
Intestinal mucosal morphology of weaned pigs fed diets containing graded levels of isomaltooligosaccharides (d 28)
| Item | Level of isomaltooligosaccharides (%) | SEM | p-value | |||||
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| 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | Linear | Quadratic | ||
| Jejunum (μm) | ||||||||
| Villus height | 280 | 294 | 308 | 306 | 290 | 10.41 | 0.41 | 0.20 |
| Crypt depth | 313 | 310 | 286 | 343 | 314 | 14.08 | 0.62 | 0.90 |
| Ileum (μm) | ||||||||
| Villus height | 341 | 315 | 371 | 347 | 316 | 16.28 | 0.98 | 0.39 |
| Crypt depth | 361 | 400 | 336 | 363 | 351 | 14.09 | 0.51 | 0.82 |
SEM, standard error of the mean.
Values are the means of six replicates.