Table 5.
Effect of dietary feed additives on morphology of intestine of layer Japanese quail at 42 weeks of age
| Treatments | Villus height (μm) | Number of goblet cells1 | Crypt depth (μm) | Villus height to crypt depth ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| BMD | PFA | ||||
| 0 | 0 | 5.14b | 10.19a | 0.96a | 5.34c |
| 0.05% | 0 | 6.48a | 9.29b | 0.76b | 8.51a |
| 0 | 0.1% | 6.16a | 9.38b | 0.79b | 8.81b |
| ANOVA | |||||
| SEM | 0.155 | 0.104 | 0.024 | 0.034 | |
| p value | ≤0.0001 | ≤0.0001 | ≤0.0001 | ≤0.0001 | |
BMD, bacitracin methylene disalicylate (antibiotic growth promoter); PFA, phytogenic feed additive; ANOVA, analysis of variance; SEM, pooled standard error of column wise means comparison.
1
Number of goblet cells in each 1 mm of villus length.
Means with different letters within the same column are significantly different (p≤0.05).