Table 8.

Morphometric parameters of duodenum and ileum of broiler chickens supplemented with licorice with different concentrations.

	Control	Licorice 0.4 g/L	Licorice 0.8 g/L
Duodenum
villi height	486.5 ± 8.5 b	556.8 ± 9.45 a	461.5 ± 14.5 c
crypt depth	73.3 ± 5.2 b	64.6 ± 5.6 c	88.1 ± 7.1 a
villi height/crypt depth	6.9 ± 0.45 b	9 ± 0.25 a	4.9 ± 0.47 c
villi width	67.3 ± 2.14 b	80.7 ± 4.1 a	57.8 ± 2.1 c
Ileum
villi height	285.396 ± 5.14 b	290.12 ± 9.1 a	278.9 ± 12.14 c
crypt depth	41.766 ± 4.6 a	31.2 ± 1.45 b	40.14 ± 3.1 a
villi height/crypt depth	6.8332 ± 0.78 b	9.159 ± 0.78 a	6.948 ± 0.78 b
villi width	44.02 ± 3.1 b	56.76 ± 3.6 a	57.96 ± 3.4 a

The data presented in the table are mean ± SEM. Those within a row superscripted by different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).