Effect of dietary supplementation with insect fats on growth performance, digestive efficiency and health of rabbits

Table 6 Effects of lipid sources on the gut morphometric indices of rabbits (n = 15 rabbits/group)

Items	Experimental diets					SEM	P-value
Items	C	H50	H100	T50	T100	SEM	P-value
Duodenum
Vh, mm	1.69	1.43	1.58	1.67	1.59	0.08	0.56
Cd, mm	0.09	0.09	0.08	0.09	0.09	0.004	0.92
Vh/Cd	18.55	16.95	18.60	20.73	18.14	0.64	0.49
Jejunum
Vh, mm	1.53	1.50	1.69	1.68	1.63	0.07	0.51
Cd, mm	0.09	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.003	0.99
Vh/Cd	18.76	18.03	22.29	20.24	20.15	0.77	0.51
Ileum
Vh, mm	1.02	1.35	1.24	1.40	1.25	0.08	0.55
Cd, mm	0.08	0.09	0.09	0.08	0.09	0.004	0.80
Vh/Cd	13.47	15.77	14.85	17.27	15.17	0.46	0.12

C control diet, H50 and H100 diets with Hermetia illucens fat, T50 and T100 diets with Tenebrio molitor fat, SEM standard error of the means, Vh villi height, Cd crypt depth, Vh/Cd villus height to crypt depth ratio

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