. 2021 Oct 25;101(1):101563. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101563

Table 7.

Effect of EOA on jejunal morphology and goblet cell numbers of broiler chickens challenged with NE.

Items	Experimental design						SEM¹	P-values²
	A	D	E	F	G	H
Villous height, μm	439.66	398.69	444.83	460.95	446.39	478.87	9.72	0.302
Crypt depth, μm	61.93^c	112.52^a	94.48^b	88.04^b	66.69^c	66.48^c	3.65	<0.01
VH/CD³	7.07^a	3.56^c	4.77^b	5.33^b	6.75^a	7.36^a	0.26	<0.01
GC⁴ cells	23.57^a	17.23^b	21.43^a	22.93^a	23.87^a	21.13^a	0.74	0.091

^a,b,c,d

Means within the same row without a common superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05); A: uninfected and untreated control; D: infected and untreated control; E: infected birds fed basal diet supplemented with 250 mg/kg bacitracin methylene disalicylate (BMD, 15% purity) plus 90 mg/kg monensin; F: infected birds fed basal diet supplemented with 200 mg/kg EOA; G: infected birds fed basal diet supplemented with 500 mg/kg EOA; H: infected birds fed basal diet supplemented with 800 mg/kg EOA.

SEM, standard error of the mean.

P-values represent the interaction between the dietary treatments.

VH/CD = villus height to crypt depth ratio

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GC cells = goblet cells numbers per mm².