Fig. 5
Effect of LGG on goblet cells and MUC2 of weaned piglets exposed to DON. a Representative images of periodic acid-schiff (PAS) staining (magnification × 100, scale bar 100 μm) of ileum sections and the number of goblet cells in ileum (n = 6). b Representative images of immunohistochemical staining of MUC2 (green) and nuclei (blue) (magnification ×100, scale bar 100 μm) and mean gray value of MUC2 in different groups (n = 6). CON, basal diet; LGG, basal diet supplemented with 1.77 × 1011 CFU/kg LGG; DON, DON-contaminated diet containing 3.11 mg/kg DON; and LGG + DON, DON-contaminated diet containing 3.11 mg/kg DON and 1.77 × 1011 CFU/kg LGG. Data are mean ± SEM. “*” means P < 0.05, “**” means P < 0.01, “***” means P < 0.001