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. 2019 Feb 26;3(2):842–854. doi: 10.1093/tas/txz023

Table 2.

The effects of encapsulated zinc butyrate (E-ZnB) supplementation on ileal morphology after exposure to HS

Control diet1 E-ZnB diet1,2 SEM P value
Ileum villus height, µm 362 377 26 0.707
Ileum crypt depth, µm 245 204 17 0.141
Ileum villus:crypt depth ratio 1.59 1.87 0.14 0.192

1Ileum morphology was measured from samples collected at the end of the 7-d HS period (n = 6).

2Pigs were supplemented with 7.5 kg E-ZnB/MT of feed for 24 d and exposed to biphasic heat stress for 7 d.