Table 3.
Ileum histomorphometric measurements of broilers at (40 d).
| Treatment group | Histomorphometric Measurements |
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|---|---|---|---|
| L (μm) | W (μm) | SA (μm) | |
| CTR: Negative control | 624.8 | 75.9 | 0.147 |
| NE: Positive control, NE challenge | 566.3 | 75.6 | 0.142 |
| SG: Sanguinarine-based phytobiotic, unchallenged | 652.6 | 69.8 | 0.146 |
| SG + NE: Sanguinarine-based phytobiotic, NE Challenge | 620.7 | 70.5 | 0.143 |
| SEM1 | ±22.72 | ±4.67 | ±0.011 |
| p-Value | 0.059NS | 0.69NS | 0.9877 NS |
L: villus length; W: villi width; SA: surface area.
NS; not significant.
1
SEM: standard error of the mean.