. 2020 Jan 2;98(1):skz396. doi: 10.1093/jas/skz396

Table 3.

Effects of inulin on intestinal morphology of SE-infected chickens¹

		Treatment²
Item		CON	SE	0.5% InSE	1% InSE	SEM	P-value
VH³, μm
Duodenum	1 dpi⁴	1006^b,c	975^c	1080^a	1054^a,b	40	0.003
	3 dpi	1010^a,b	939^b	1050^a	1072^a	56	0.019
Jejunum	1 dpi	999^a,b	905^b	1057^a	1079^a	81	0.023
	3 dpi	938^b,c	903^c	1092^a	1002^b	54	0.001
Ileum	1 dpi	620^a	510^b,c	537^b	478^c	32	0.001
	3 dpi	452^b,c	425^c	540^a	499^a,b	37	0.005
CD³, μm
Duodenum	1 dpi	101^b	134^a	110^b	98^b	11	0.001
	3 dpi	90^b	119 ^a	93^b	98^b	8	0.001
Jejunum	1 dpi	98^b	119^a	95^b	97^b	7	0.001
	3 dpi	94^b	119^a	85^b	92^b	9	0.001
Ileum	1 dpi	86^b	99^a	83^b	85^b	7	0.011
	3 dpi	85^b	106^a	90^b	93^b	6	0.001
V/C³
Duodenum	1 dpi	9.99^a	7.38^b	9.84^a	10.84^a	0.85	0.001
	3 dpi	11.32^a	7.89^b	11.28^a	10.94^a	0.98	0.001
Jejunum	1 dpi	10.22^a	7.60^b	11.10^a	11.23^a	0.89	0.001
	3 dpi	10.10^b	7.64^c	12.98^a	10.95^b	1.25	0.001
Ileum	1 dpi	7.24^a	5.19^b	6.51^a	5.63^b	0.55	0.001
	3 dpi	5.19^a	4.01^b	6.06^a	5.41^a	0.49	0.001

¹Means were calculated on n = 6 replicates per treatment.

²CON, basal diet without inulin supplementation; SE, Salmonella-infected chicken fed with basal diet; 0.5% InSE, Salmonella-infected chicken fed with 0.5% inulin; 1% InSE, Salmonella-infected chickens fed with 1% inulin.

³VH, villus height (μm); CD, crypt depth (μm); V/C, VH/CD.

⁴dpi: days post-infection.

^a–cMeans within rows with different superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.05).