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. 2022 May 28;101(8):101978. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2022.101978

Table 9.

Effect of dietary enzyme supplementation on intestinal morphological structure of broiler chickens on d 28 (Experiment 2).

Treatment1 Jejunal morphology
Ileal morphology
VH (um)2 CD (um) VCR VH (um) CD (um) VCR
Con 1,067.52 195.70 5.97 529.86c 152.51a 4.10b
GAS 1,205.98 185.71 6.37 756.74a 148.98ab 4.52ab
MAS 1,189.55 170.64 6.87 717.33ab 132.17abc 5.17a
PRO 1,293.63 180.12 6.50 646.40abc 126..53c 5.22a
GAS+PRO 1,100.96 163.58 6.54 619.51bc 119.90c 5.04a
MAS+PRO 1,185.81 175.74 6.44 644.62abc 132.26abc 4.46ab
GAS+MAS+PRO 1,192.53 165.42 7.40 662.24ab 128.64bc 4.51ab
SEM 21.880 3.605 0.145 17.180 2.769 0.107
P-value 0.133 0.187 0.241 0.022 0.023 0.040
a-c

Means with different superscripts within the same row are significantly different (P < 0.05).

1

Con, control diet; GAS, α-galactosidase; MAS, β-mannanase; PRO, Protease; GAS+PRO, α-galactosidase+ Protease; MAS+PRO; β-mannanase+ Protease; GAS+MAS+PRO, α-galactosidase+β-mannanase +Protease.

2

Abbreviations: H, villi height; VCD, crypt depth; VCR, villus height to crypt depth ratio.