Table 4.
Items | Treatments | P value | ||||||
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CON | SSY | DT | DSY | SEM | SeY | Diquat | SeY × diquat | |
Duodenum | ||||||||
Villus height (mm) | 201.59b | 228.13a | 185.31b | 203.81b | 26.41 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.74 |
Crypt depth (mm) | 87.65 | 80.39 | 93.79 | 83.71 | 13.23 | 0.12 | 0.75 | 0.87 |
V/C | 2.19 c | 2.92 a | 1.99bc | 2.46ac | 0.5 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.52 |
Jejunum | ||||||||
Villus height (mm) | 144.27ab | 181.36a | 124.18c | 157.89a | 5.98 | <0.01 | 0.03 | 0.84 |
Crypt depth (mm) | 67.73 | 55.83 | 67.88 | 63.81 | 2.62 | 0.14 | 0.44 | 0.46 |
V/C | 2.15bc | 3.27a | 1.87c | 2.57b | 0.15 | <0.01 | 0.02 | 0.28 |
Ileum | ||||||||
Villus height (mm) | 155.54a | 196.36a | 142.29b | 175.86a | 8.47 | 0.18 | 0.15 | 0.51 |
Crypt depth (mm) | 66.49ab | 59.11b | 75.34a | 56.38b | 2.59 | <0.01 | 0.45 | 0.51 |
V/C | 2.29bc | 3.21a | 1.91b | 2.66ac | 0.15 | <0.01 | 0.01 | 0.61 |
1Values are means ± SEM (n = 6), nonchallenged pigs (CON, fed with basal diet), diquat-challenged pigs (DT, fed with basal diet), and SeY-treated pigs (fed with basal diet containing 250 mg/kg SeY) challenged by sterile saline (SSY) or diquat (DSY). 2a,b,cMean values within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.05).