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. 2014 Autumn;15(4):385–391.

Table 5.

Effects of CP and PUT on small intestine villi height (VH) and crypt depth (CD) at the age of 21 days (µm)

Treatments CP1 PUT (%) Duodenum

Jejunum

Ileum
VH CD VH CD VH CD
T1 N 0 1340a 170 947a 123 397 133
T2 N 0.03 1380a 95 930a 150 350 52
T3 L 0 1090b 160 833b 118 700 51
T4 L 0.03 1025b 165 570b 41 870 145
N 12 12 12 12 12 12
Pooled SEM 210 39 242 35 156 33
P-value
CP 0.02 0.63 0.02 0.32 0.25 0.49
PUT 0.91 0.21 0.39 0.96 0.72 0.66
CP × PUT 0.81 0.38 0.10 0.42 0.62 0.49

Means with different superscripts in column (a, b) are significantly different (P<0.05).

1

CP: N: Normal, L: Low