. 2022 Apr 6;101(7):101905. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2022.101905

Table 5.

Effects of dietary supplementation of ANT, APS, and GPS on intestine morphology in broilers (n = 6).

	Treatments
Items	CON	ANT	APS	GPS	SEM	P-value
Duodenum
VH, μm	1,354.90^b	1,397.11^b	1,484.59^a	1,471.39^a	14.30	<0.001
CD, μm	389.61	384.56	375.00	373.74	3.44	0.307
VH/CD	3.49^b	3.64^b	3.96^a	3.94^a	0.05	<0.001
Jejunum
VH, μm	1,181.67^b	1,249.00^ab	1,285.65^a	1,320.09^a	18.05	0.031
CD, μm	284.25	282.78	259.57	263.32	6.67	0.450
VH/CD	4.22^b	4.48^ab	4.97^a	5.03^a	0.11	0.022
Ileum
VH, μm	925.63^b	1,094.92^a	1,053.82^a	1,052.37^a	16.74	<0.001
CD, μm	262.15	253.26	241.01	239.16	4.06	0.144
VH/CD	3.56^b	4.35^a	4.38^a	4.42^a	0.11	0.003

^ab

Means within a row with no common superscripts differ (P < 0.05).

Abbreviations: ANT, basal diet supplemented with 500 mg/kg terramycin calcium; APS, basal diet supplemented with 300 mg/kg Astragalus membranaceus polysaccharides; CD, crypt depth; CON, control group with basal diet; GPS, basal diet supplemented with 150 mg/kg Glycyrrhiza uralensis polysaccharides; SEM, pooled standard error of the mean; VH, villus height; VH/CD, the ratio of villus height to crypt depth.