TABLE 3.

Effects of dietary Bacillus subtilis on intestinal villus-crypt system.

		Control	Bacillussubtilis
Duodenum
	Villus height (μm)	1507.67 ± 202.30	1579.00 ± 54.69
	Crypt depth (μm)	194.00 ± 8.54	187.67 ± 12.93
	VH/CD	7.77 ± 1.25a	8.41 ± 0.51b
Jejunum
	Villus height (μm)	749.33 ± 106.44a	903.00 ± 107.87b
	Crypt depth (μm)	210.08 ± 33.99a	141.33 ± 17.80b
	VH/CD	3.57 ± 0.61a	6.39 ± 0.77b
Ileum
	Villus height (μm)	606.17 ± 71.77	555.75 ± 15.09
	Crypt depth (μm)	154.75 ± 28.03	119.56 ± 15.87
	VH/CD	3.92 ± 0.56a	4.65 ± 0.33b

Data were expressed as means ± standard deviations (n = 5). ^a,bValues with different superscripts in the same row differ significantly (P < 0.05).