Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Table 6 Effect of synbiotics injected in ovo on the jejunum morphology of chickens at 1^st and 42^nd d of age

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

Item	Day
Item	1	42
Villus height, μm
Control	337.88 ± 11.01^B	1334.68 ± 46.19^AB
SYN1	383.86 ± 10.01^A	1190.20 ± 50.03^B
SYN2	352.47 ± 10.80^AB	1517.95 ± 54.52^A
Villus width, μm
Control	51.64 ± 1.06^b	170.44 ± 7.44
SYN1	56.42 ± 1.30^a	178.89 ± 8.10
SYN2	52.55 ± 1.46^b	172.66 ± 5.66
Villus surface area, μm²
Control	55,022.6 ± 2410.6^B	724,927.0 ± 50,976.2
SYN1	67,746.0 ± 2309.5^A	688,644.6 ± 51,191.4
SYN2	58,459.9 ± 2489.5^B	814,432.8 ± 30,911.1
Crypt depth, μm
Control	46.92 ± 0.85^A	150.87 ± 7.65^A
SYN1	37.59 ± 0.93^B	125.41 ± 2.87^B
SYN2	48.00 ± 0.97^A	112.88 ± 3.95^B
No. of neutral goblet cells/1mm²
Control	743 ± 42.21	153 ± 20.30^b
SYN1	778 ± 32.57	232 ± 26.24^a
SYN2	681 ± 22.49	185 ± 6.49^ab

^a-bDifference (P ≤ 0.05), ^A-Bdifference (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

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ISSN: 2049-1891

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