Effects of dietary supplementation of bacteriophage cocktail on health status of weanling pigs in a non-sanitary environment

Table 4 Effects of bacteriophage cocktail or ZnO on small intestine morphology of weaned pigs subjected to non-sanitary environment, µm

Treatment	PC	NC	BP	ZO	SEM	P-value
Sanitary environment	+	-	-	-	SEM	P-value
Villus height (VH)
Duodenum	520^ab	493^b	532^a	539^a	11.01	0.002
Jejunum	552^ab	534^b	561^ab	568^a	11.54	0.042
Ileum	437	418	446	455	13.80	0.084
Crypt depth (CD)
Duodenum	323	344	335	360	15.75	0.160
Jejunum	321	300	304	309	12.86	0.393
Ileum	252	261	274	251	18.65	0.596
VH/CD
Duodenum	1.61	1.45	1.59	1.51	0.77	0.166
Jejunum	1.73	1.79	1.85	1.84	0.78	0.404
Ileum	1.75	1.63	1.65	1.84	0.48	0.386

PC Sanitary environment, NC Non-sanitary environment, BP Non-sanitary environment plus bacteriophage cocktail, ZO Non-sanitary environment plus 2,500 mg/kg ZnO
^a,bMean values within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.05)

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