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

Table 6.

The effect of the Aspergillus niger on the density of goblet cells in intestine and the incidence of ascites in broiler chickens maintained under hypoxic conditions for 42 days.

Treatments Goblet cell (cells/villus) Ascites incidence (%)

Duodenum Jejunum Ileum
C 59.84±11.1c 59.84±11.1c 58.75±18.2c 65.74±6.16a
A1 67.56±6.25bc 82.54±6.54b 70.32±7.25b 54.21±5.21b
A2 78.45±7.85ab 86.23±7.25b 89.12±8.76b 52.45±4.88b
A3 82.64±8.01a 97.26±9.64a 103.45±12.20a 53.83±6.12b
A4 90.35±8.87a 97.56±8.79a 98.68±10.71a 51.26±5.32b
A5 87.32±7.56a 96.33±9.27a 101.34±11.24a 52.92±5.88b
SEM 3.376 3.577 4.651 2.283
p 0.018 0.011 0.013 0.037

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