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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	1439.72^b	1667.45^a	1702.73^a	1764.73^a	1476.49^b	30.140	0.001
CD	187.68	178.86	169.66	164.24	171.74	4.074	0.411
VH:CD	7.85^c	9.46^b	10.07^a ^b	10.78^a	8.82^a ^b	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	987.03^c	1255.48^a	1298.56^a	1162.15^a ^b	1112.57^b ^c	25.150	<0.001
CD	134.33	139.81	125.98	119.83	122.32	2.770	0.131
VH:CD	7.46^c	9.09^b	10.41^a	9.83^a ^b	9.17^b	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).