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Table 6 Intestinal morphology of piglets at 21 days of age as affected by dietary AGP and MOA supplementation1

From: Microencapsulated essential oils combined with organic acids improves immune antioxidant capacity and intestinal barrier function as well as modulates the hindgut microbial community in piglets

Item

Ctrl

AGP

MOA

SEM

P-value

Duodenum

 VH, μm

310.18

288.90

325.98

17.76

0.48

 CD, μm

209.37

188.79

199.91

5.76

0.24

 VH:CD

1.49

1.53

1.64

0.13

0.75

Jejunum

 VH, μm

332.93

330.83

349.62

13.94

0.65

 CD, μm

202.92

204.89

208.05

7.05

0.88

 VH:CD

1.64

1.61

1.68

0.02

0.16

Ileum

 VH, μm

235.49

234.18

256.52

6.16

0.19

 CD, μm

145.10

149.68

159.82

5.59

0.36

 VH:CD

1.63

1.57

1.61

0.10

0.92

  1. VH Villus height, CD Crypt depth, VH:CD Villus height to crypt depth ratio
  2. a,bMeans in the same row with different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05)
  3. 1Control (Ctrl): a corn soybean meal-based diet. AGP: Ctrl + 75 mg/kg chlortetracycline. MOA: Ctrl + 1500 mg/kg MOA. n = 4
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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

ISSN: 2049-1891