Table 7 Intestinal morphometry of broilers fed arginine deficient diets supplemented with arginine or L-citrulline

1650.63 ± 55.35

1559.87 ± 46.63

1707.39 ± 78.67

0.241

184.53 ± 13.14

197.86 ± 14.00

190.96 ± 9.90

0.753

9.28 ± 0.58

8.20 ± 0.55

9.11 ± 0.54

0.350

1239.9 ± 40.97^a

959.67 ± 45.12^b

1138.83 ± 40.04^a

0.001

213.54 ± 10.12^a

208.90 ± 5.12^a

173.19 ± 9.31^b

0.008

5.88 ± 0.19^a

4.60 ± 0.23^b

6.76 ± 0.43^a

0.001

719.14 ± 27.59

719.89 ± 21.84

700.93 ± 29.63

0.857

191.71 ± 4.61^b

253.17 ± 10.34^a

201.89 ± 13.10^b

0.001

3.76 ± 0.15^a

2.87 ± 0.18^b

3.56 ± 0.33^a

0.034