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Table 4 Villus height and crypt depth in small intestine of treatments supplemented with different postbiotics and different levels of inulin

From: Effects of dietary postbiotic and inulin on growth performance, IGF1 and GHR mRNA expression, faecal microbiota and volatile fatty acids in broilers

Parameter

Dietary treatmentse

SEM

Negative control

Positive control

T1

T2

T3

T4

T5

T6

Villi height week 6, μm

 Duodenum

1304.88b

1304.75b

1306.80b

1308.55b

1419.68a

1311.18b

1315.80b

1395.38a

9.08

 Jejunum

837.75

875.34

887.85

894.15

942.60

911.90

845.60

943.07

8.36

 Ileum

540.90c

595.71ab

562.90bc

617.30a

634.08a

610.87a

597.25ab

622.18a

7.29

Crypt depth week 6, μm

 Duodenum

168.12

165.52

177.85

166.00

174.95

143.17

170.22

173.72

3.78

 Jejunum

132.75

139.20

143.07

127.85

139.12

128.85

120.72

134.85

3.34

 Ileum

101.07

106.15

105.50

102.12

107.42

105.75

95.15

109.45

2.67

  1. abcdmeans within a row for each parameter with different superscripts are significantly different (p < 0.05)
  2. enegative control: basal diet, positive control: basal diet + neomycin and oxytetracycline, T1: (0.3 % RI11), T2: (0.3 % RG14), T3: (0.3 % RI11 + 0.8 % inulin), T4: (0.3 % RI11 + 1.0 % inulin), T5: (0.3 % RG14 + 0.8%inulin), T6: (0.3 % RG14 + 1.0%inulin)