| Villous height, μm | Crypt depth, μm | VH/CDf | GC cellsg | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Items | NEe | d 28 | d 42 | d 28 | d 42 | d 28 | d 42 | d 28 | d 42 |
Bacillus coagulans, mg/kg | |||||||||
 0 | – | 1248 | 1161 | 281 | 218 | 4.65 | 5.45 | 44.3 | 45.5 |
 0 | + | 1048 | 1139 | 294 | 239 | 3.65 | 4.89 | 42.3 | 42.0 |
 400 | – | 1289 | 1527 | 241 | 202 | 5.99 | 7.93 | 52.5 | 53.3 |
 400 | + | 1208 | 1290 | 233 | 209 | 5.41 | 6.55 | 53.0 | 47.0 |
 SEMh |  | 34.5 | 29.8 | 8.9 | 7.2 | 0.292 | 0.208 | 1.37 | 0.68 |
Main effect | |||||||||
 400 |  | 1249 | 1409a | 237b | 206 | 5.70a | 7.24a | 52.8a | 50.1a |
 0 |  | 1148 | 1150b | 288a | 228 | 4.15b | 5.17b | 43.3b | 43.8b |
 Challenged |  | 1128 | 1215 | 264 | 224 | 4.53 | 5.72d | 47.6 | 44.5d |
 Non-challenged |  | 1269 | 1344 | 261 | 211 | 5.32 | 6.69c | 48.4 | 49.4c |
P-valuesi | |||||||||
 Bacillus coagulans |  | 0.169 | <0.001 | 0.015 | 0.141 | 0.019 | <0.001 | 0.005 | 0.001 |
 Challenged |  | 0.065 | 0.051 | 0.877 | 0.363 | 0.196 | 0.028 | 0.788 | 0.004 |
 Challenged ×Bacillus coagulans |  | 0.408 | 0.096 | 0.551 | 0.645 | 0.724 | 0.306 | 0.656 | 0.329 |