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Table 7 Effect of synbiotics injected in ovo on the ileum 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

295.04 ± 9.16

933.31 ± 43.10

 SYN1

298.67 ± 10.86

847.78 ± 50.01

 SYN2

289.81 ± 9.09

949.05 ± 38.70

Villus width, μm

 Control

46.42 ± 1.29b

162.69 ± 5.58

 SYN1

46.62 ± 1.34b

166.18 ± 4.45

 SYN2

50.85 ± 1.66a

161.32 ± 5.30

Villus surface area, μm2

 Control

43,547.4 ± 2124.7

471,197.5 ± 20,933.6

 SYN1

44,138.3 ± 2318.3

445,293.0 ± 27,184.3

 SYN2

45,834.9 ± 1735.9

484,522.9 ± 26,619.7

Crypt depth, μm

  

 Control

46.14 ± 0.77B

91.28 ± 2.59B

 SYN1

38.55 ± 0.85C

116.81 ± 3.18A

 SYN2

50.14 ± 0.98A

117.39 ± 5.53A

No. of neutral goblet cells/1mm2

 Control

974 ± 50.59b

263 ± 26.05

 SYN1

1129 ± 61.42a

358 ± 40.66

 SYN2

678 ± 19.60c

285 ± 37.21

  1. a-cDifference (P ≤ 0.05), 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