Table 3.

Mean ± SEM of the total number and density of goblet cells in the intestine of piglets.

Goblet cells	Group				p value
	C	Pro	Pro+B	H
Jejunum
n/villus	9.05 ± 0.809	10.88 ± 0.714	9.98 ± 0.481	9.55 ± 0.491	0.2330
GC/unit height (μm)∗	0.03 ± 0.004a	0.03 ± 0.002a	0.03 ± 0.001a	0.02 ± 0.001b	0.0042
n/crypt	21.55 ± 1.550	23.43 ± 1.138	22.08 ± 0.966	20.75 ± 0.699	0.2761
GC/unit depth (μm)∗	0.07 ± 0.007	0.08 ± 0.004	0.08 ± 0.004	0.08 ± 0.003	0.8101
Colon
n/crypt	34.90 ± 1.610b	38.38 ± 1.118a	35.30 ± 1.222ab	34.35 ± 0.660b	0.0394
GC/unit depth (μm)∗	0.08 ± 0.004	0.07 ± 0.002	0.07 ± 0.002	0.07 ± 0.003	0.2751

GC: goblet cells, SEM: standard error of measurements. ^a,bMean values within a row of different superscript letters are significantly different (p < 0.05). ^∗Number of goblet cells per unit of villus height or crypt depth.