Table 8.

Effects of dietary Forsythia suspensa extract supplementation to lactating sows and nursery pigs on post-weaning intestinal morphology (n = 8)

Sow diet	Control		FSE1		SEM	P-value
Nursery diet	Control	FSE	Control	FSE		Sow diet	Nursery diet	Sow diet × Nursery diet
Duodenum
Villus height, μm	435	435	506	510	25.02	0.07	0.95	0.95
Crypt depth, μm	321	297	353	325	16.43	0.23	0.30	0.93
Villus height/Crypt depth	1.37	1.52	1.49	1.61	0.06	0.25	0.15	0.89
Jejunum
Villus height, μm	393	446	518	461	25.33	0.08	0.96	0.16
Crypt depth, μm	247	256	272	263	17.69	0.55	1.00	0.72
Villus height/Crypt depth	1.62b	1.77ab	1.95a	1.79ab	0.04	0.01	1.00	0.02
Ileum
Villus height, μm	379	344	431	420	11.38	< 0.01	0.19	0.48
Crypt depth, μm	294	191	233	229	22.10	< 0.01	0.12	0.15
Villus height/Crypt depth	1.49	1.87	1.89	1.92	0.14	0.30	0.34	0.41

¹FSE, Forsythia suspensa extract.

^a,bDifferent superscripts within a row mean significant difference (P < 0.05).