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Table 5 Effects of in ovo injection of oligosaccharides on ileum morphology of broiler chickens at hatch day, and d 7, 21, and 28 post-hatch

From: Effects of in ovo delivered xylo- and mannan- oligosaccharides on growth performance, intestinal immunity, cecal short-chain fatty acids, and cecal microbiota of broilers

 

Treatments

Parameters

NSC

XOS3

XOS4

MOS3

MOS4

NIC

SEM (n = 5)

P-value

Hatch day

 VH, μm

371.0

410.8

405.6

412.9

421.8

330.7

27.5

0.232

 CD, μm

69.5

58.7

53.4

54.9

71.0

65.8

5.1

0.128

 VH:CD

5.5bc

7.1abc

7.8a

7.6ab

6.9abc

5.1c

0.5

0.006

7 d post-hatch

 VH, μm

533.7

475.8

517.0

492.2

486.0

502.3

29.2

0.752

 CD, μm

81.4

78.5

84.5

78.8

79.4

85.0

2.7

0.362

 VH:CD

6.6

6.1

6.2

6.3

6.2

6.0

0.3

0.854

28 d post-hatch

 VH, μm

793.2

936.0

861.0

919.4

804.8

875.7

52.3

0.323

 CD, μm

99.4

104.8

99.7

103.8

103.0

101.5

2.7

0.659

 VH:CD

8.1

9.0

8.8

9.0

8.0

8.7

0.5

0.475

  1. VH villus height, CD crypt depth, VHCD villus height to crypt depth ratio
  2. NSC normal saline, XOS3 xylotriose, XOS4 xylotetraose, MOS3 mannotriose, MOS4 mannotetraose, NIC no injection control
  3. a-cWithin rows for parameters, means without a common superscript differ (P < 0.05)