. 2021 Feb 17;100(5):101066. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101066

Table 6.

Effects of dietary treatments on jejunum morphology of laying hens at 62 wk of age.

Basal diet	MC¹ level	BG² level	Villus height	Villus width	Crypt depth	VH/CD³	VSA⁴
Basal diet	MC¹ level	BG² level	μm	μm	μm	VH/CD³	mm²
Corn	−	−	1,176.0	121.8	130.1	9.09	0.448
Corn	−	+	1,258.0	115.6	127.0	10.17	0.457
Corn	+	−	1,207.4	120.7	125.6	9.92	0.457
Corn	+	+	1,262.9	125.9	128.1	10.13	0.505
Wheat	−	−	1,024.6	118.8	145.6	7.12	0.385
Wheat	−	+	1,166.2	123.4	141.4	8.36	0.449
Wheat	+	−	1,076.6	119.9	140.5	7.74	0.403
Wheat	+	+	1,189.5	125.1	141.8	8.58	0.472
SEM			54.68	6.32	8.29	0.715	0.032
Main effect means
Basal diet
Corn			1,226.1^a	121.0	127.7^b	9.83^a	0.466
Wheat			1,114.2^b	121.8	142.3^a	7.95^b	0.427
SEM			27.33	3.16	4.15	0.357	0.016
MC level
−			1,156.2	119.9	136.0	8.68	0.435
+			1,184.1	122.9	134.0	9.09	0.459
SEM			27.33	3.16	4.15	0.357	0.016
BG level
−			1,121.1^b	120.3	135.4	8.47	0.423^b
+			1,219.1^a	122.5	134.6	9.31	0.471^a
SEM			27.33	3.16	4.15	0.357	0.016
Significance
Basal diet			0.006	0.860	0.017	<0.001	0.089
MC level			0.475	0.506	0.730	0.421	0.286
BG level			0.015	0.622	0.883	0.104	0.042
Diet × MC			0.802	0.723	0.959	0.977	0.858
Diet × BG			0.454	0.550	0.920	0.699	0.406
MC × BG			0.723	0.506	0.637	0.534	0.635
Diet × MC × BG			0.989	0.555	0.998	0.820	0.701

^a,bMeans within each column with no common superscript differ (P < 0.05).

Multicarbohydrase.

Butyrate glycerides.

villus height/crypt depth.

⁴

VSA, villus surface area = 2π × (villus width/2) × villus height.