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. 2015 Mar 11;1(1):19–23. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2015.02.006

Table 3.

Jejunum villus height, crypt depth, villus height/crypt depth, and viscosity of jejunal digesta in pigs fed corn-soybean meal based diets supplemented with xylanase (n = 12).

Item Xylanase, LXU/kg
SEM P-value
0 700 1400 Linear Quadratic
Villus height, μm 431 407 403 18 0.263 0.652
Crypt depth, μm 233 212 226 14 0.642 0.171
Villus height/crypt depth 1.89 1.97 1.80 0.14 0.553 0.295
Viscosity, cPa 2.94 2.52 3.20 0.12 0.314 0.023
a

cP = centipoise (1 cP = 1/100 dyne s/cm2).