Table 3.
Effect of Saccharomyces cerevisiae boulardii CNCM I-1079 supplemented diet on intestinal histology and morphometry.
| Group | Morphometrical Analyses | PAS positive cells | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villi length (µ) | Crypt depth (µ) | V/C ratio | Villi | Crypt | |
| C | 2688.92 B | 352.66 B | 7.965 | 136.99 | 19.48 |
| S | 3870.82 A | 428.78 A | 9.714 | 188.18 | 20.76 |
| SEM | 111.844 | 20.504 | 0.540 | 27.748 | 0.808 |
| p | <0.0001 | 0.0333 | 0.0617 | 0.1943 | 0.265 |
SEM: standard error of the mean. C: control diet. S: control diet supplemented with 1*109 CFU/kg of Saccharomyces cerevisiae boulardii CNCM I-1079. A, B within column, means without a common superscript differ (p < 0.05).