Table 5.
Gut histomorphology of nursery pigs fed diets with different fiber solubility and lipid sources1
Item2 | SBP | SBH | SEM | P-value | ||||
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SBO | CWG | SBO | CWG | Fiber | Lipid | F × L3 | ||
Duodenum | ||||||||
VH, um | 526.4 | 567.9 | 541.5 | 528.1 | 29.42 | 0.661 | 0.621 | 0.350 |
CD, um | 357.2 | 311.3 | 338.0 | 333.6 | 22.91 | 0.962 | 0.292 | 0.384 |
VH:CD | 1.53 | 1.84 | 1.61 | 1.63 | 0.098 | 0.489 | 0.093 | 0.140 |
Jejunum | ||||||||
VH, um | 487.2 | 440.2 | 472.9 | 476.9 | 20.39 | 0.601 | 0.311 | 0.218 |
CD, um | 250.5 | 262.9 | 254.3 | 269.4 | 17.08 | 0.759 | 0.432 | 0.943 |
VH:CD | 2.01 | 1.71 | 1.86 | 1.82 | 0.116 | 0.882 | 0.157 | 0.262 |
Ileum | ||||||||
VH, um | 412.2 | 397.1 | 413.8 | 402.9 | 22.62 | 0.864 | 0.577 | 0.917 |
CD, um | 231.4 | 250.8 | 229.3 | 218.2 | 13.19 | 0.222 | 0.759 | 0.282 |
VH:CD | 1.79 | 1.61 | 1.83 | 1.89 | 0.113 | 0.170 | 0.609 | 0.293 |
1SBP, sugar beet pulp; SBH, soybean hulls; SBO, soybean oil; and CWG, choice white grease.
2VH, villous height and CD, crypt depth.
3F × L, fiber by lipid interaction.