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. 2019 Dec 17;98(12):6797–6807. doi: 10.3382/ps/pez409

Table 5.

Effects of experimental diets on small intestinal morphology (μm) of broiler chickens.

	Treatments
	CON	MOS	FSBM	MIX	SEM	P-value
Villus height
Duodenum	1068.25^b	1092.20^a,b	1109.34^a	1115.73^a	8.870	0.002
Jejunum	679.05^b	705.60^a	721.95^a	727.41^a	8.511	0.001
Ileum	430.82	436.20	445.70	451.25	8.055	0.285
Crypt depth
Duodenum	165.83^a	163.15^a,b	160.01^a,b	155.85^b	2.391	0.031
Jejunum	134.70	130.56	132.64	127.20	2.767	0.274
Ileum	101.53	96.52	99.15	98.61	2.238	0.474
Villus height/crypt depth
Duodenum	6.46^c	6.71^b	6.94^a,b	7.16^a	0.082	<0.001
Jejunum	5.05^c	5.43^b	5.47^a,b	5.72^a	0.096	0.002
Ileum	4.26	4.54	4.50	4.59	0.105	0.148

CON = control; MOS = mannan-oligosaccharides; FSBM = fermented soybean meal; MIX = MOS + FSBM.

^{^a–c}

Means with different superscripts in each row are statistically different (P < 0.05).