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. 2021 Mar 12;100(7):101096. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101096

Table 5.

Effects of phytosterol supplementation on intestinal morphology of white feather broilers.

PS 2 (mg/kg)
Items1 0 10 20 40 80 SEM 3 P-Value
Duodenum
 VH 1439.72b 1667.45a 1702.73a 1764.73a 1476.49b 30.140 0.001
 CD 187.68 178.86 169.66 164.24 171.74 4.074 0.411
 VH:CD 7.85c 9.46b 10.07ab 10.78a 8.82ab 0.225 <0.001
Jejunum
 VH 1507.63 1465.64 1499.23 1511.92 1504.03 15.383 0.897
 CD 170.38 161.67 151.58 159.07 163.07 2.983 0.397
 VH:CD 9.02 9.10 9.98 9.44 9.32 0.151 0.287
Ileum
 VH 987.03c 1255.48a 1298.56a 1162.15ab 1112.57bc 25.150 <0.001
 CD 134.33 139.81 125.98 119.83 122.32 2.770 0.131
 VH:CD 7.46c 9.09b 10.41a 9.83ab 9.17b 0.231 <0.001
1

VH, villous height; CD, crypt depth; VH:CD, villous height: crypt depth.

2

PS, phytosterols.

3

SEM, total standard error of means.

a-c

Means with different letters within a row differ significantly (P < 0.05).