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. 2018 Jul 18;19(7):2084. doi: 10.3390/ijms19072084

Table 3.

Effects of B. coagulans on the intestinal morphology of weaned piglets.

Item	Jejunum			Ileum
Item	Control	B6	B7	Control	B6	B7
villus height (μm)	318.7 ± 35.0	350.1 ± 41.4	336.6 ± 41.2	242.1 ± 22.8 ^a	273.3 ± 19.8 ^b	285.2 ± 30.7 ^b
crypt depth (μm)	213.6 ± 18.2 ^b	168.7 ± 15.8 ^a	175.4 ± 20.2 ^a	161.0 ± 11.1	168.0 ± 13.3	173.2 ± 19.5
villus height/crypt depth	1.49 ± 0.11 ^a	2.08 ± 0.17^c	1.92 ± 0.15 ^b	1.51 ± 0.09 ^a	1.63 ± 0.12 ^b	1.65 ± 0.08 ^b
villous surface area (cm²)	29677 ± 3031	31738 ± 3633	29,540 ± 4078	27,520 ± 932	28,396 ± 3715	28,502 ± 2870

^a,b Values within a row with different letters differ (p < 0.05).