Table 1.
Mean ratio of villous height to crypt depth (VH:CD) in piglets infected with porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus with (PEDV + EGF) or without (PEDV only) epidermal growth factor relative to uninfected piglets (control)
| Group | Hours post-inoculation (hpi) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 36 | 48 | 60 | |
| Control | 6.84 ± 0.53 | 6.92 ± 0.78 | 6.45 ± 0.84 | 6.67 ± 0.66 |
| PEDV only | 6.27 ± 0.91 | 3.24 ± 0.54 | 3.01 ± 0.36 | 2.92 ± 0.30 |
| PEDV + EGF | 6.45 ± 0.74 | 5.54 ± 1.20⁎ | 3.75 ± 0.43⁎ | 3.55 ± 0.55 |
Values are given as mean ± standard deviation.
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Significant difference (P < 0.05) in VH:CD between PEDV + EGF and PEDV only piglets.