Table 6.

Villus height and width, crypt depth, and the villus height to crypt depth ratio from duodenum, jejunum, and colon in nursery pigs fed diets supplemented with DDGS and xylanase

	Treatment
DDGS, %	0		30			P-value1
Xylanase, EPU/kg diet	0	1,500	0	1,500	SEM	Ing	Enz	Ing × Enz
Duodenum
Villus height, µm	529	523	475	504	38	0.063	0.542	0.366
Villus width, µm	174	172	168	171	11	0.673	0.977	0.776
Crypt depth, µm	359	378	360	430	21	0.168	0.025	0.191
Height:depth ratio	1.49	1.42	1.34	1.20	0.08	0.027	0.210	0.685
Jejunum
Villus height, µm	452	481	454	462	18	0.634	0.318	0.558
Villus width, µm	120	118	120	116	3	0.833	0.397	0.703
Crypt depth, µm	218A	231B	237B	210A	11	0.885	0.479	0.052
Height:depth ratio	2.11	2.14	1.93	2.24	0.14	0.754	0.222	0.272
Colon
Crypt depth, µm	422	406	432	418	13	0.430	0.277	0.962

¹Ing = main effect of DDGS; Enz = main effect of xylanase; Ing × Enz = interaction effect between DDGS and xylanase.

^ABMeans lacking a common superscript tend to differ (0.05 ≤ P < 0.10).