Table 5.

Effects of dietary B. subtilis supplementation on intestinal morphology of piglets

	Items	CTR	ABT	PBT	SEM	P-value
Duodenum	Villus height	197.07	180.33	197.82	11.64	0.49
	Crypt depth	230.76	216.29	203.30	13.28	0.53
	V/C	0.92	0.84	0.98	0.06	0.16
Jejunum	Villus height	169.19	156.93	170.22	10.25	0.78
	Crypt depth	154.34	144.36	163.07	9.55	0.46
	V/C	1.11	1.12	1.06	0.07	0.71
Ileum	Villus height	106.34b	130.55a, b	141.26a	9.27	0.04
	Crypt depth	148.59	129.42	140.11	9.8	0.41
	V/C	0.74b	1.07a	1.04a	0.08	0.04

V/C villus height/crypt depth ratio