Table 1.

Multipotent and progenitor cell percentages in the embryonic small intestinal epithelium of control and in-ovo feeding (IOF) -treated embryos (%).^1,2

Item	Treatment	Multipotent cells	Progenitor cells
E 17	Pre-IOF	28.6 ± 1.8c	27.4 ± 2.2
E 19	Control (non-injected)	37.7 ± 1.4b	25.4 ± 1.0
	IOF-NaCl	44 ± 1.1a	27 ± 1.6
	IOF-Leu	43.9 ± 1.3a	21.6 ± 1.7
	IOF-Gln	43.5 ± 1.3a	26.7 ± 1.8

E 17 = embryonic d 17; E 19 = embryonic d 19.

^{a, b, c} Different letters mark significant differences in each cell sub-type by embryonic age and treatment by Tukey–Kramer HSD, P < 0.05. No significant differences were found between values in each treatment group in progenitor cell percentages.

¹Cell percentage = (100 × Cell sub -Type quantities)/Total cell quantities.

²Values are means ± SEM.