Table 8.

Effects of the experimental diets on histomorphometry in the ileum in the Salmonella and ETEC F4 trials

Items	Salmonella trial				ETEC F4 trial
	CTR	DIC	RSE	P	CTR	DIC	RSE	P
Villus height, μm
4 PI	185	183	65.5	0.962	278	229	89.4	0.289
8 PI	282	276	58.1	0.852	323	321	63.7	0.955
Crypt depth, μm
4 PI	315	323	69.6	0.815	196	182	30.9	0.38
8 PI	300	290	37.1	0.596	189	184	19.7	0.600
Villus:Crypt
4 PI	0.60	0.63	0.257	0.841	1.47	1.29	0.469	0.454
8 PI	0.99	0.99	0.209	0.944	1.78	1.79	0.364	0.935
MIT, cells/100 μm
4 PI	0.251	0.325	0.160	0.39	0.078	0.068	0.103	0.845
8 PI	0.075	0.099	0.082	0.569	0.104	0.091	0.141	0.862
GC, cells/100 μm
4 PI	2.20	1.93	0.851	0.556	1.75	1.43	0.542	0.262
8 PI	1.49	1.28	0.548	0.457	1.31	1.33	0.519	0.954
IEL, cells/100 μm
4 PI	2.92	2.76	1.509	0.841	2.07	2.04	0.482	0.917
8 PI	3.92	3.06	0.882	0.072	2.39	2.88	0.523	0.080

GC Goblet cells in the villus, IEL Intraepithelial lymphocytes in the villus, MIT Mitoses in the crypt, PI Post-inoculation day, RSE Residual standard error