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. 2021 Oct 29;12:768767. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.768767

TABLE 7.

Effect of CE on intestinal morphology of weaned piglets.

Items CON CE CTC SEM p-value
Duodenum
Villus height (μm) 258.58b 302.41a 302.18a 12.16 0.03
Crypt depth (μm) 252.26 220.42 246.12 16.26 0.37
Villus height/Crypt depth 1.08 1.40 1.26 0.10 0.10
Jejunum
Villus height (μm) 271.33b 356.53a 296.00b 11.52 <0.01
Crypt depth (μm) 200.69a 159.42b 183.48a 7.45 <0.01
Villus height/Crypt depth 1.37b 2.25a 1.62b 0.11 <0.01
Ileum
Villus height (μm) 255.62 291.54 264.89 11.78 0.11
Crypt depth (μm) 151.08 141.07 150.93 4.97 0.29
Villus height/Crypt depth 1.70 2.07 1.76 0.11 0.06

SEM, standard error of the mean (n = 8).

a,bDifferent superscripts within a row indicate a significant difference (p < 0.05).