. 2020 Feb 26;11:169. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00169

Table 2.

The intestinal morphology of piglets.

Items	Control	PEDV	PEDV + PR
Villus height (μm)
Jejunum	309.63 ± 72.97^b	112.45 ± 17.07^a	114.13 ± 16.16^a
Ileum	251.27 ± 53.59^b	144.27 ± 24.78^a	116.04 ± 13.55^a
Crypt depth (μm)
Jejunum	133.35 ± 14.08^a	172.04 ± 26.78^b	161.41 ± 21.94^b
Ileum	132.78 ± 14.82^a	161.16 ± 21.45^b	159.92 ± 29.25^b
Villus height/crypt depth
Jejunum	2.37 ± 0.81^b	0.68 ± 0.10^a	0.76 ± 0.13^a
Ileum	1.96 ± 0.55^b	0.94 ± 0.16^a	0.81 ± 0.13^a
Villus surface area (μm²)
Jejunum	7372.09 ± 1901.61^b	2735.40 ± 570.41^a	2734.74 ± 454.43^a
Ileum	6751.92 ± 1895.39^b	3431.66 ± 695.99^a	2885.31 ± 173.09^a

Values are mean and pooled SD, n = 8.

^a,b

Values within a row not sharing a common superscript letter are different (P < 0.05).