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Table 5 Effect of synbiotics injected in ovo on the duodenum morphology of chickens at 1st and 42nd day of age

From: The impact of synbiotic administration through in ovo technology on the microstructure of a broiler chicken small intestine tissue on the 1st and 42nd day of rearing

Item

Day

1

42

Villus height, μm

 Control

529.96 ± 19.96B

1889.79 ± 39.79

 SYN1

603.47 ± 12.39A

1940.95 ± 36.10

 SYN2

594.37 ± 17.07A

1880.52 ± 30.88

Villus width, μm

 Control

62.88 ± 1.62B

188.59 ± 5.13B

 SYN1

75.72 ± 1.23A

216.69 ± 8.05A

 SYN2

73.96 ± 1.71A

202.13 ± 5.45AB

Villus surface area, μm2

 Control

106,267 ± 6158.5B

1123,441 ± 39,725.1B

 SYN1

144,041 ± 4238.0A

1323,359 ± 58,298.1A

 SYN2

139,322 ± 5970.8A

1187,036 ± 32,976.4AB

Crypt depth, μm

 Control

49.95 ± 2.13AB

136.82 ± 3.54B

 SYN1

45.81 ± 1.89B

189.31 ± 4.26A

 SYN2

53.97 ± 1.27A

138.47 ± 2.30B

No. of neutral goblet cells/1 mm2

 Control

808 ± 49.08A

134 ± 8.78

 SYN1

526 ± 21.30B

116 ± 4.85

 SYN2

456 ± 14.28C

133 ± 3.63

  1. A-CDifference (P ≤ 0.01) between treatments (vertical), Means ± SEM representing 15 birds. SYN 1 - L. salivarius IBB3154 + Bi2tos, Clasado Ltd., SYN 2 - L. plantarum IBB3036 + lupin RFOs