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Table 6 Effects of dietary treatment and NE challenge on ileal morphology in broilers (Exp. 2)1

From: Stimbiotic supplementation modulated intestinal inflammatory response and improved broilers performance in an experimentally-induced necrotic enteritis infection model

Treatment

(T)

Challenge

(C)

Villus height, µm

Crypt depth, µm

VH:CD

CON

NE-

1206

104

12.5

STB

NE-

1291

94

15.7

CB

NE-

1360

93

15.3

CON

NE+ 

1006

124

8.4

STB

NE+ 

1213

111

12.0

CB

NE+ 

1201

113

10.8

SEM2

 

32.7

6.8

0.95

Treatment

 CON

 

1106b

114

10.4b

 STB

 

1252a

102

13.8a

 CB

 

1280a

103

13.1a

 

Challenge

   
 

  NE-

1286a

97b

14.5a

 

  NE+ 

1140b

116a

10.4b

P-value

 T

 

< 0.001

0.17

0.002

 C

 

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

 T × C

 

0.18

0.96

0.93

  1. n = 16 birds/treatment. All birds received allotted treatment diet starting study 0 d
  2. 1CON, no feed additives; STB, 100 mg/kg Signis from 0–30 d; CB, 100 mg/kg Signis, and 500 mg/kg Poultry star, 150 mg/kg Digestarom and 500 mg/kg Saf-mannan from 0–7, 7–21 and 21–30 d, respectively; NE-, non NE challenge; NE+ , NE challenge
  3. 2SEM standard error of mean
  4. a,bMeans in the same column with different superscripts are significantly different by Student’s test (P < 0.05)