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From: Supplementing the early diet of broilers with soy protein concentrate can improve intestinal development and enhance short-chain fatty acid-producing microbes and short-chain fatty acids, especially butyric acid

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Effects of SPC supplementation in the starter diet on intestinal morphology of broilers. The values in the histogram are the means ± SEM (n = 8), *P < 0.05. Control = control group; SPC12 = supplementation with 12% SPC to the starter diet group; A Picture of jejunum and ileum at d 10.; B Gut villus height at d 10; C Gut crypt depth at d 10; D Gut VCR at d 10; E = gut muscular thickness at d 10; F Gut villus height at d 42; G Gut crypt depth at d 42; H Gut VCR at d 42; I Gut muscular thickness at d 42; J Goblet cell at d 10; K Goblet cell at d 42; VH = villus height; CD = crypt depth; MT = muscle thickness; VCR = the ratio of villus height to crypt depth

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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

ISSN: 2049-1891