Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Table 5 Effect of bilberry anthocyanin on ileal morphology in 18-d chickens challenged with Salmonella

From: Dietary supplementation of bilberry anthocyanin on growth performance, intestinal mucosal barrier and cecal microbes of chickens challenged with Salmonella Typhimurium

Variable	Treatments				SEM	P-value
Variable	CON	ST	ACL	ACH	SEM	P-value
Villus height, μm	0.64^a	0.52^b	0.71^a	0.70^a	0.02	0.012
Crypt depth, μm	0.14^b	0.18^a	0.17^ab	0.15^b	0.01	0.027
V/C	4.42^a	3.14^b	3.87^ab	4.48^a	0.17	0.015

CON Control group, ST Salmonella infected group, ACL Low dose of anthocyanin group, ACH High dose of anthocyanin group, V/C The ratio of villus height to crypt depth, SEM Standard error of the mean
^a,bMeans within a row with different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05)

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