. 2022 Sep 1;8(6):2511–2520. doi: 10.1002/vms3.923

TABLE 6.

Ileal morphology at day 42 of age in Ross 308 male broilers (n = 24) fed different levels of green tea extract (GTE) or powder (GTP), a neutral control (NC) or a positive control (PC)

Treatment	Villus length (μm)	Villus width (μm)	Crypt depth (μm)	Villus length to crypt depth ratio	Thickness of epithelium (μm)	Number of goblet cells in epithelium
NC	880^c	120^c	256^a	3.43^c	41.2^a	5^d
PC	990^c	143^bc	185^bc	5.61^c	30.0^b	10^c
GTE0.2	1150^b	175^ab	173^bc	6.78^b	33.2^b	18^b
GTE0.3	1175^b	180^a	168^bc	7.02^b	33.1^b	19^b
GTE0.4	1300^a	195^a	143^c	9.11^a	30.1^b	24^a
GTP1	1145^b	168^ab	175^bc	6.57^b	34.2^b	19^b
GTP2	1130^b	171^ab	183^ab	6.21^b	34.1^b	18^b
GTP3	1130^b	173^ab	180^bc	6.45^b	33.4^b	17^b
p Value	0.0001	0.005	0.03	0.0006	0.004	0.0001
SEM (standard error of mean)	27.2	5.55	7.81	0.354	0.816	1.21

Means within each column with common superscript do not differ significantly at p < 0.05.

NC: negative control; PC: positive control; GTE: green tea extract; GTP: green tea powder.