Table 4.

Post-hatching jejunal morphology of goslings as affected by the in ovo injection of maltase and sucrose.

Items	Controla	MS injectionb	P-value
Day of hatching
Villus height, μm	188.50 ± 13.01	221.40 ± 28.97	0.044
Villus width, μm	34.33 ± 5.57	40.91 ± 3.54	0.049
Villus surface area, μm2 × 103	6.52 ± 1.50	9.13 ± 1.97	0.042
Crypt depth, μm	25.65 ± 4.53	28.21 ± 4.49	0.363
Villus height to crypt depth ratio	7.45 ± 0.82	7.87 ± 0.23	0.249
Day 7 post-hatching
Villus height, μm	688.50 ± 41.00	795.30 ± 53.32	0.022
Villus width, μm	91.40 ± 4.55	113.60 ± 13.64	0.033
Villus surface area, μm2 × 103	63.05 ± 6.88	90.83 ± 16.91	0.032
Crypt depth, μm	136.50 ± 8.14	187.10 ± 13.32	0.011
Villus height to crypt depth ratio	5.06 ± 0.22	4.27 ± 0.24	0.014
Day 28 post-hatching
Villus height, μm	1,135.20 ± 143.40	1,307.40 ± 139.40	0.210
Villus width, μm	182.30 ± 18.17	192.40 ± 27.29	0.622
Villus surface area, μm2 × 103	208.70 ± 27.02	254.10 ± 36.11	0.371
Crypt depth, μm	194.20 ± 26.28	230.70 ± 32.69	0.206
Villus height to crypt depth ratio	5.85 ± 0.05	5.69 ± 0.20	0.248

^aEggs without injected.

^bEggs injected with 25 g/L maltose and 25 g/L sucrose dissolved in 7.5 g/L NaCl.