Effects of dietary Hermetia illucens meal inclusion on cecal microbiota and small intestinal mucin dynamics and infiltration with immune cells of weaned piglets

Table 1 Effects of the different linear predictors on the histochemical findings and the histological scores in the gut of the piglets

Histochemical findings	d.f.^d	Chi-square	P^f
Diet^a	2	2.614	0.271
Mucin type^b	2	53.724	< 0.001
Gut segment^c	2	34.164	< 0.001
Diet × Mucin type	4	12.216	0.016
Diet × Gut segment	4	1.017	0.907
Mucin type × Gut segment	4	7.878	0.096
Diet × Mucin type × Gut segment	8	11.507	0.175
Histological scores
Diet	2	0.739	0.691
Gut segment	2	32.113	< 0.001
Diet × Gut segment	4	1.658	0.798

^aThree dietary treatments: C = control; HI5 = 5% inclusion level of Hermetia illucens; HI10 = 10% inclusion level of Hermetia illucens
^bThree types: neutral, acidic sialylated and acidic sulfated mucins
^cThree gut segments: duodenum, jejunum and ileum
^dDegrees of freedom
^fStatistical significance: P < 0.05

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