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. 2021 Oct 20;101(1):101551. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101551

Table 8.

Intestinal histology of broiler chickens on 20 d postchallenge fed different treatment diets.

Trt NC CC 10RS 30RS 20CLM 40CLM 500AITC 1500AITC SEM P-value
Duodenum
 VH
2300c 2466bc 2655ab 2821a 2508abc 2371bc 2441bc 2675ab 39.597 0.0140
 CD 199 219 195 230 181 170 198 192 6.100 0.3070
 VH: CD 11.90 12.32 13.81 12.70 14.15 14.30 12.57 14.99 0.376 0.3660
Jejunum
 VH
1335bc 1277c 1465abc 1607a 1341bc 1355bc 1390bc 1554ab 26.618 0.0160
 CD 177b 167b 209a 183ab 171ab 206a 212ab 185ab 4.136 0.0730
 VH: CD 7.92ab 7.71ab 7.13ab 8.85a 8.05ab 6.63b 6.92ab 8.66a 0.204 0.0680
Ilium
 VH
900 807 808 825 874 881 869 852 16.952 0.8250
 CD 152 139 146 146 139 159 155 134 3.843 0.7570
 VH: CD 6.12 5.84 5.59 5.85 6.42 5.75 5.87 6.36 0.140 0.8040
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Means followed by different alphabet in the same row indicates statistical significance by the test of Duncan's at 95% confidence interval.

NC: nonchallenge control (corn-SBM based diet), CC: challenge control (corn-SBM based diet), 10RS: 10% Rapeseed included in basal diet, 30RS: 30% Rapeseed included in basal diet, 20CLM: 20% Canola included in basal diet, 40CLM: 40% Canola included in basal diet, 500AITC: 500 ppm allyl-isothiocyanate supplemented in basal diet, 1500AITC: 1,500 ppm allyl-isothiocyanate supplemented in basal diet.