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Table 8 Effects of the experimental diets on histomorphometry in the ileum in the Salmonella and ETEC F4 trials

From: Efficacy of medium-chain fatty acid salts distilled from coconut oil against two enteric pathogen challenges in weanling piglets

Items

Salmonella trial

ETEC F4 trial

CTR

DIC

RSE

P

CTR

DIC

RSE

P

Villus height, μm

 4 PI

185

183

65.5

0.962

278

229

89.4

0.289

 8 PI

282

276

58.1

0.852

323

321

63.7

0.955

Crypt depth, μm

 4 PI

315

323

69.6

0.815

196

182

30.9

0.38

 8 PI

300

290

37.1

0.596

189

184

19.7

0.600

Villus:Crypt

 4 PI

0.60

0.63

0.257

0.841

1.47

1.29

0.469

0.454

 8 PI

0.99

0.99

0.209

0.944

1.78

1.79

0.364

0.935

MIT, cells/100 μm

 4 PI

0.251

0.325

0.160

0.39

0.078

0.068

0.103

0.845

 8 PI

0.075

0.099

0.082

0.569

0.104

0.091

0.141

0.862

GC, cells/100 μm

 4 PI

2.20

1.93

0.851

0.556

1.75

1.43

0.542

0.262

 8 PI

1.49

1.28

0.548

0.457

1.31

1.33

0.519

0.954

IEL, cells/100 μm

 4 PI

2.92

2.76

1.509

0.841

2.07

2.04

0.482

0.917

 8 PI

3.92

3.06

0.882

0.072

2.39

2.88

0.523

0.080

  1. GC Goblet cells in the villus, IEL Intraepithelial lymphocytes in the villus, MIT Mitoses in the crypt, PI Post-inoculation day, RSE Residual standard error