Table 6.
Histological examination of ileum and lymphoid of weaned piglets fed experimental diets on day 7
| Score | Treatments | p-value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHY1 (n = 4) | PHY2 (n = 4) | CTRL + (n = 3) | CTRL- (n = 4) | ||||||
| median | min–max | median | min–max | median | min–max | median | min–max | ||
| Ileum | |||||||||
| Inflammatory infiltrates | 1 | 0–2 | 2 | 2–3 | 2 | 1–2 | 1 | 1–2 | 0.068 |
| Epithelial regeneration | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0–0 | 1.000 |
| Fusion of villi | 1 | 0–3 | 3 | 2–3 | 2 | 1–3 | 1 | 0–2 | 0.223 |
| Oedema | 0 | 0–1 | 0 | 0–1 | 0 | 0–1 | 0 | 0–1 | 1.000 |
| Hyperemia | 1 | 0–1 | 1 | 1–2 | 0 | 0–2 | 1 | 0–1 | 0.382 |
| Necrosis of mucosa | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0–1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0–0 | 1.000 |
| Lymphoid | |||||||||
| T atrophy | 0 | 0–1 | 1 | 0–1 | 0 | 0–1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0.253 |
| Stroma | 0 | 0–1 | 1 | 1–2 | 2 | 0–3 | 0 | 0–1 | 0.073 |
| Follicular hyperplasia | 0 | 0–2 | 2 | 1–3 | 1 | 0–3 | 0 | 0–1 | 0.186 |
Data are presented as medians and minimum and maximum value (min–max)