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. 2020 Oct 23;13(10):2209–2215. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2020.2209-2215

Table 5.

The effect of the Aspergillus niger food supplementation on the height of intestinal villus and depth of crypt in 42 day-old broilers.

Treatments The height of intestinal villus (μm) The depth of crypt (μm)


Duodenum Jejunum Ileum Duodenum Jejunum Ileum
C 1943.6b 1351.92b 731.53b 158.91b 149.88b 113.81b
A1 1936.8b 1345.62b 732.32b 165.35b 156.22b 120.15b
A2 1941.4b 1465.34a 723.44b 167.23b 192.49a 152.32a
A3 1982.6a 1456.76a 778.68a 206.78a 195.71a 155.67a
A4 1984.5a 1472.33a 773.26a 188.42a 192.14a 153.24a
A5 1928.4b 1360.57b 735.75b 191.69a 194.38a 154.61a
SEM 40.636 51.714 26.952 6.531 6.054 5.197
p 0.041 0.029 0.034 0.014 0.011 0.016

Means within columns with different superscript capital letters at same day are different (p<0.05)