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Table 5.

Effects of supplementation with monensin¹ and functional oils² on histological variables of jejunum mucosa in turkey toms at 4, 11, and 21 D of age (experiment 1).

Treatment	Jejunum villi (μm)			Crypt depth (μm)	Muscularis thickness (μm)	Surface area (μm²)
Treatment	Height	Upper width	Bottom width	Crypt depth (μm)	Muscularis thickness (μm)	Surface area (μm²)
4 D
Control	761	113	162	96	68^b	355
Monensin¹	860	116	173	92	88^a	343
Functional oils²	760	104	167	84	88^a	316
SEM	77	6	14	5	8	25
11 D
Control	933	135	228	134^a	114	433^a
Monensin¹	786	129	187	106^b	111	260^b
Functional oils²	974	135	223	104^b	122	372^a,b
SEM	64	10	20	6	6	31
21 D
Control	1,046^b	156^a,b	234^a,b	107^b	107	429^b
Monensin¹	1,213^b	192^a	293^a	124^a	135	617^a
Functional oils²	1,637^a	136^b	218^b	122^a	126	549^a,b
SEM	68	12	18	3	9	47

^a,bValues in the same column without a superscript in common differ statistically (P < 0.05).

Antibiotic, 66 ppm Coban, Elanco Animal Health, Greenfield, IN.

0.15% Essential, Oligo Basics Agroindustrial Ltda., Cascavel, Brazil.