Table II.

Morphological parameters of small intestine in experimental animals at end of treatment week

Variable	Mucosal thickness			Goblet cells/100 cells
	Proximal	Middle	Distal
EPI	0.63 ±0.05*	0.51 ±0.07*	0.58 ±0.06*	65.22 ±3.71*
EPI + PLEM	0.80 ±0.06	0.77 ±0.10	0.73 ±0.04	30.03 ±1.98
Healthy	0.97 ±0.12	0.83 ±0.13	0.72 ±0.07	22.6 ±2.24

EPI group – pigs with pancreatic duct ligation (n = 4), EPI + PLEM group – pigs with pancreatic duct ligation and dietary supplementation with PLEM (pancreatic like-enzymes of microbial origin) for 7 days (n = 5), Healthy group – pigs with intact pancreas (n = 6). Data are presented as mean ± SD.

^*Differences significant when p ≤ 0.05 in comparison with healthy group.