Intestinal toxicity of deoxynivalenol is limited by supplementation with Lactobacillus plantarum JM113 and consequentially altered gut microbiota in broiler chickens

Table 1 Effects of L. plantarum JM113 and DON on intestinal morphology and organ index of broiler chickens

Item			Treatment¹			SEM	P-value
Item			CON	DON	DL	SEM	P-value
21-day-old broilers	Duodenum	Villus height, μm	670.77^b	638.22^c	710.33^a	7.21	< 0.001
		Crypt depth, μm	82.61^b	94.5^a	89.33^ab	1.67	0.012
		Villus height: Crypt depth	8.23^a	6.84^b	8.12^a	0.17	0.001
	Jejunum	Villus height, μm	478.66	484.27	448.33	9.38	0.247
		Crypt depth, μm	74.94	76.88	74.44	1.24	0.706
		Villus height: Crypt depth	6.4	6.49	6.07	0.16	0.549
	Ileum	Villus height, μm	328.44	342.27	312.08	5.50	0.102
		Crypt depth, μm	65.72	66.00	65.75	0.91	0.99
		Villus height: Crypt depth	5.04	5.24	4.77	0.11	0.261
	Liver, g/kg		23.50	24.87	23.87	0.30	0.166
	Pancreas, g/kg		3.98	4.04	3.75	0.14	0.726
	Thymus, g/kg		1.88	1.91	2.28	0.11	0.284
	Spleen, g/kg		0.95	1.30	0.84	0.11	0.207
	Bursa of Fabricius, g/kg		1.93^ab	1.52^b	2.56^a	0.15	0.016
42-day-old broilers	Duodenum	Villus height, μm	779.83^a	693.00^c	740.77^b	9.11	< 0.001
		Crypt depth, μm	115.22	111.78	112.83	1.77	0.726
		Villus height: Crypt depth	6.87	6.31	6.61	0.13	0.223
	Jejunum	Villus height, μm	645.05^a	586.77^b	655.83^a	10.41	0.012
		Crypt depth, μm	95.55	98.44	100.05	1.49	0.468
		Villus height: Crypt depth	6.82^a	5.97^b	6.59^a	0.13	0.020
	Ileum	Villus height, μm	416.22	400.00	433.55	6.71	0.124
		Crypt depth, μm	62.38	64.72	63.89	1.04	0.639
		Villus height: Crypt depth	6.75	6.24	6.86	0.14	0.186
	Liver, g/kg		23.97	24.33	22.41	1.20	0.806
	Pancreas, g/kg		2.21	2.24	2.25	0.06	0.970
	Thymus, g/kg		2.02	2.44	2.10	0.15	0.493
	Spleen, g/kg		2.09	1.94	1.68	0.11	0.389
	Bursa of Fabricius, g/kg		1.16	1.03	1.37	0.11	0.547

^a-cMean values within a row have same superscript letters were not significant difference (P < 0.05)
¹CON means the control group, DON means the deoxynivalenol group, DL means the deoxynivalenol+ L. plantarum JM113 group

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