Table 5.
Effect of dietary feed different concentration of NH on Intestinal Morphology of laying hens.1
| NH level (mg/kg) |
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| Intestine | Item | Control | 100 | 200 | 400 | SEM | P-Value |
| Duodenum | Villus height (μm) | 1010.89ab | 1138.82a | 950.12b | 904.09b | 53.46 | 0.031 |
| crypt depth (μm) | 162.41 | 161.58 | 153.4 | 136.64 | 7.35 | 0.077 | |
| VH:CD | 6.32 | 7.12 | 6.83 | 6.06 | 0.42 | 0.288 | |
| Jejunum | Villus height (μm) | 839.04 | 848.08 | 842.91 | 840.71 | 41.93 | 0.999 |
| Crypt depth (μm) | 147.3 | 129.06 | 118.15 | 135.07 | 7.35 | 0.071 | |
| VH:CD | 5.84 | 6.31 | 6.84 | 6.31 | 0.34 | 0.273 | |
| Ileum | Villus height (μm) | 375.49b | 662.80a | 457.06b | 416.96b | 45.06 | 0.001 |
| Crypt depth (μm) | 101.77 | 117.98 | 116.56 | 89.76 | 8.19 | 0.076 | |
| VH:CD | 3.84b | 5.62a | 4.10b | 4.79ab | 0.34 | 0.007 | |
a,b
Means with different superscripts within a column differ significantly (P < 0.05).
1
Each mean represents 6 replicates, with 4 eggs/replicate.
Abbreviations: 100, 100 mg/kg neohesperidin; 200, 200 mg/kg neohesperidin; 400, 400 mg/kg neohesperidin; NH, neohesperidin; VH:CD, villus height/crypt depth.