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Table 4.

Intestinal morphology and goblet cell area in pigs fed diets differing in fibre content and viscosity^*

Fibre content	MSBM			DDGS			SEM^†	P ^‡
Viscosity	CEL	MCMC	HCMC	CEL	MCMC	HCMC	SEM^†	F	V	F × V
Jejunum
Villus height, µm	312·76	326·73	384·02	333·06	340·53	375·32	24·73	0·68	0·06	0·82
Crypt depth, µm	99·51^b	99·73^b	127·09^a	109·99^b	101·16^b	127·85^a	9·64	0·60	0·02	0·86
Villus:crypt ratio	3·37	3·44	3·25	3·24	3·50	3·19	0·13	0·84	0·66	0·94
Goblet cell area, %^§	3·55	4·17	4·03	3·39	3·49	3·88	0·52	0·45	0·64	0·85
Ileum
Villus height, µm	307·69	333·29	376·50	351·26	358·18	367·81	20·93	0·25	0·12	0·42
Crypt depth, µm	209·44	257·15	267·66	238·24	250·60	244·11	17·47	0·97	0·09	0·23
Villus:crypt ratio	1·53	1·34	1·47	1·54	1·49	1·55	0·08	0·23	0·35	0·69
Goblet cell area, %^§	7·59^b	12·84^a	12·26^a	8·08^b	11·02^a	11·68^a	1·22	0·53	0·004	0·66

a,b Mean values within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.05).

Two basal diets: maize–soyabean meal (MSBM) or MSBM plus 30 % distillers dried grains with solubles (MSBM + DDGS) with three levels of viscosity (i.e. CEL, non-viscous cellulose; MCMC, medium-viscous carboxymethylcellulose; HCMC, high-viscous carboxymethylcellulose).

^†

Standard error of the mean.

^‡

Factorial arrangement of treatments fibre (F), viscosity (V) main effects with eighteen and twelve, observations respectively, and fibre and viscosity interaction (F × V) with six observations per treatment.

^§

Goblet cells area was defined as area of positive cells for PAS-AB staining/mucosal area × 100.