Table 3.
Effects of milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) administration on intestinal morphology of the neonatal piglets on 21 d.
| Item | Group1 |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CON | MFGM | ||
| Villus height, μm | |||
| Duodenum | 416.70 ± 18.09 | 480.45 ± 19.20 | 0.042 |
| Jejunum | 423.50 ± 22.58 | 399.00 ± 18.86 | 0.429 |
| Ileum | 342.78 ± 33.80 | 444.68 ± 19.04 | 0.030 |
| Crypt depth, μm | |||
| Duodenum | 184.92 ± 13.69 | 112.93 ± 5.35 | 0.001 |
| Jejunum | 135.43 ± 10.27 | 107.07 ± 9.71 | 0.080 |
| Ileum | 102.95 ± 5.78 | 111.33 ± 9.30 | 0.466 |
| Villus height-to-crypt depth ratio | |||
| Duodenum | 2.32 ± 0.24 | 4.63 ± 0.52 | 0.004 |
| Jejunum | 3.21 ± 0.31 | 3.62 ± 0.25 | 0.336 |
| Ileum | 3.71 ± 0.52 | 4.47 ± 0.52 | 0.332 |
1
CON, piglets fed with saline; MFGM, piglets fed with MFGM.