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Table 6 Effect of synbiotics injected in ovo on the jejunum morphology of chickens at 1st and 42nd 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 1st and 42nd day of rearing

Item

Day

1

42

Villus height, μm

 Control

337.88 ± 11.01B

1334.68 ± 46.19AB

 SYN1

383.86 ± 10.01A

1190.20 ± 50.03B

 SYN2

352.47 ± 10.80AB

1517.95 ± 54.52A

Villus width, μm

 Control

51.64 ± 1.06b

170.44 ± 7.44

 SYN1

56.42 ± 1.30a

178.89 ± 8.10

 SYN2

52.55 ± 1.46b

172.66 ± 5.66

Villus surface area, μm2

 Control

55,022.6 ± 2410.6B

724,927.0 ± 50,976.2

 SYN1

67,746.0 ± 2309.5A

688,644.6 ± 51,191.4

 SYN2

58,459.9 ± 2489.5B

814,432.8 ± 30,911.1

Crypt depth, μm

 Control

46.92 ± 0.85A

150.87 ± 7.65A

 SYN1

37.59 ± 0.93B

125.41 ± 2.87B

 SYN2

48.00 ± 0.97A

112.88 ± 3.95B

No. of neutral goblet cells/1mm2

 Control

743 ± 42.21

153 ± 20.30b

 SYN1

778 ± 32.57

232 ± 26.24a

 SYN2

681 ± 22.49

185 ± 6.49ab

  1. 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