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Table 5.

Effects of dietary CPCMP supplementation on the jejunum morphology of broilers.

Item¹	BC	CPCMP	PC	Commercial CPCMP	TCM	Probiotics
21 d
VH (μm)	362.18 ± 33.38²^,^d	820.95 ± 27.27^a	684.18 ± 4.34^b	673.48 ± 4.52^b	570.90 ± 10.24^c	549.80 ± 4.73^c
CD (μm)	136.68 ± 6.82	118.57 ± 19.86	115.16 ± 11.75	104.22 ± 9.25	126.51 ± 15.00	113.51 ± 7.88
VH:CD	2.61 ± 0.20^c	7.71 ± 1.11^a	5.97 ± 0.65^ab	6.31 ± 0.60^ab	4.36 ± 0.61^bc	4.94 ± 0.30^abc
42 d
VH (μm)	437.50 ± 9.61^cd	518.89 ± 5.83^ab	553.66 ± 6.63^a	457.82 ± 6.60^cd	408.25 ± 14.11^d	488.06 ± 24.41^bc
CD (μm)	123.83 ± 5.52^a	99.83 ± 4.19^ab	79.17 ± 7.61^b	99.50 ± 5.06^ab	123.62 ± 8.47^a	120.54 ± 5.70^a
VH:CD	3.58 ± 0.16^b	5.23 ± 0.24^a	6.30 ± 0.44^a	3.90 ± 0.33^b	3.28 ± 0.21^b	4.05 ± 0.25^b

BC, blank control, basal diet; CPCMP, basal diet supplemented with 0.2% Chinese medicine–probiotic compound microecological preparation; PC, positive control, basal diet supplemented with 0.0035% chlortetracycline; commercial CPCMP, basal diet supplemented with 0.2% commercially available CPCMP; TCM, basal diet supplemented with 0.2% fermented traditional Chinese medicines; Probiotics, basal diet supplemented with 0.2% compound probiotics.

^a-d

Means with different superscripts in the same row differ significantly (P < 0.05).

Abbreviations: CD, crypt depth; VH, villus height.

Analysis based on 10 measurements per section per broiler (2 broilers per replicate, 5 replicates per treatment). Data are mean values ± standard error.