. 2020 Mar 12;10:4556. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-61279-6

Table 1.

Histological data of intestinal villi and crypts in 42-day-old piglets.

		Groups			P value
		I (n = 6) (M ± SD)	II (n = 6) (M ± SD)	III (n = 6) (M ± SD)	I - I	I - III	I - III
Duodenum	Height	497.30 ± 38.38^a	388.09 ± 53.04^ab	346.93 ± 41.89^b	0.051	0.394	0.015
	Width	179.70 ± 16.96^a	149.88 ± 16.33^ab	124.59 ± 16.17^b	0.121	0.176	0.016
	Depth	204.75 ± 13.33^a	232.56 ± 32.06^a	259.15 ± 20.95^a	0.280	0.299	0.059
	V /C	2.46 ± 0.48^a	1.72 ± 0.03^b	1.36 ± 0.10^b	0.031	0.274	0.007
Jejunum	Height	564.08 ± 23.76^a	522.95 ± 16.13^b	508.84 ± 16.15^b	0.001	0.103	0.001
	Width	298.23 ± 27.42^a	174.75 ± 13.24^b	171.99 ± 15.80^b	0.001	0.827	0.001
	Depth	237.84 ± 13.82^a	247.65 ± 20.20^a	249.20 ± 24.76^a	0.524	0.918	0.463
	V /C	2.38 ± 0.15^a	2.12 ± 0.06^ab	2.034 ± 0.05^b	0.073	0.524	0.029
Ileum	Height	330.07 ± 21.50^a	288.99 ± 32.62^a	174.15 ± 29.47^b	0.196	0.007	0.001
	Width	156.46 ± 45.68^a	135.11 ± 26.22^a	136.91 ± 19.35^a	0.534	0.958	0.568
	Depth	183.55 ± 13.05^a	220.62 ± 18.40^a	207.94 ± 29.49^a	0.134	0.576	0.229
	V/C	1.80 ± 0.06^a	1.31 ± 0.119^b	0.86 ± 0.19^c	0.010	0.014	0.001

^*V/C = Height of villi /Depth of crypt ratio. Statistical analysis was only conducted in the same row between groups, with different letters indicating significant difference (P < 0.05), and the same letter indicating insignificant difference (P > 0.05).