Table 4.
Effect of two-stage FSBM on intestinal morphology of 35 day-old broilers 1.
| Items | Experimental Diet | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBM | FSBML | FSBMB | FSBMB+L | SEM | p-Value | |
| Jejunum | ||||||
| Villus height (μm) | 1181 b | 1326 a | 1293 a | 1312 a | 26.2 | <0.001 |
| Crypt depth (μm) | 210 a | 206 a | 175 b | 196 a | 5.38 | <0.001 |
| Villus height/crypt depth | 5.62 c | 6.44 b | 7.39 a | 6.69 b | 0.18 | <0.001 |
| Ileum | ||||||
| Villus height (μm) | 955 | 971 | 965 | 985 | 17.5 | 0.676 |
| Crypt depth (μm) | 202 | 204 | 204 | 193 | 5.79 | 0.461 |
| Villus height/crypt depth | 4.73 | 4.76 | 4.73 | 5.10 | 0.15 | 0.125 |
1 Each value represents the mean ± standard deviation (n = 6). SBM: Soybean meal; FSBML: commercial control; FSBMB: SBM one-stage fermented by Bv; FSBMB+L: SBM two-stage fermented by Bv and Lb. a–c Means within a row with different letters differed significantly (p < 0.05).