Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Table 4 Effects of alginate oligosaccharide on the intestinal mucosal morphology of weaned pigs^a

From: Alginate oligosaccharide-induced intestinal morphology, barrier function and epithelium apoptosis modifications have beneficial effects on the growth performance of weaned pigs

Item	Treatment^b		P-value
Item	CON	AOS	P-value
Duodenum
Villus height, μm	407.63 ± 11.36	457.88 ± 17.07^*	0.028
Villus width, μm	132.26 ± 5.62	136.98 ± 7.61	0.626
Crypt depth, μm	224.74 ± 4.17	226.91 ± 8.58	0.823
Villus surface area, mm²	0.17 ± 0.01	0.20 ± 0.01	0.054
Villus height:Crypt depth	1.81 ± 0.03	2.03 ± 0.08^*	0.030
Jejunum
Villus height, μm	408.75 ± 10.49	456.94 ± 12.07^**	0.009
Villus width, μm	109.22 ± 3.61	114.36 ± 5.18	0.429
Crypt depth, μm	194.80 ± 1.95	189.25 ± 2.43	0.096
Villus surface area, mm²	0.14 ± 0.01	0.16 ± 0.01^*	0.031
Villus height:Crypt depth	2.10 ± 0.06	2.41 ± 0.04^**	< 0.001
Ileum
Villus height, μm	334.83 ± 2.86	351.34 ± 7.73	0.077
Villus width, μm	113.17 ± 5.19	123.39 ± 5.07	0.180
Crypt depth, μm	169.61 ± 5.19	174.41 ± 6.70	0.580
Villus surface area, mm²	0.12 ± 0.01	0.14 ± 0.01	0.120
Villus height:Crypt depth	2.01 ± 0.05	2.04 ± 0.09	0.793

^*P < 0.05 versus the CON group. ^**P < 0.01 versus the CON group
^aValues are the means of 8 replicates per treatment
^bCON, control (a corn-soybean basal diet); AOS, alginate oligosaccharide (the basal diet supplemented with 100 mg/kg alginate oligosaccharide)

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