Table 5.
Histological determinations in ileum on d 4 PI
| Treatments1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Determinations | CON | PRO | BUT | SEM2 | P-value |
| Villous height, μm | 248 | 291 | 275 | 18.6 | 0.267 |
| Crypt Depth, μm | 203 | 238 | 251 | 15.9 | 0.107 |
| Villus:Crypt Ratio | 1.24 | 1.25 | 1.13 | 0.101 | 0.682 |
| IEL3,/100 µm | 1.10 | 0.94 | 1.30 | 0.224 | 0.535 |
| GC4,/100 µm | 1.19 | 0.92 | 1.23 | 0.170 | 0.384 |
| Mitosis5,/100 µm | 0.33 | 0.30 | 0.29 | 0.053 | 0.832 |
1
Treatments: CON, plain diet without additives; PRO, plain diet supplemented with 1 kg/t of Proporc (109 cfu/kg of feed of Bacillus licheniformis); BUT, plain diet supplemented with 3 kg/t of Gustor BP70 (2.1g of partially protected SB salt/kg of feed).
2
Pooled SEM; n = 8/treatment.
3
IEL = Villous intraepithelial lymphocytes;
4
GC = Villous goblet cells/100 µm;
5
Number of mitosis in crypts.