Influence of supplemented coated-cysteamine on morphology, apoptosis and oxidative stress status of gastrointestinal tract

Table 1 Effects of dietary supplementation with coated cysteamine on GI morphology and mucous damage score of finishing pigs^a

Index	CON	LCS	HCS	SEM	P-value
Villus height, μm	504.1^a	559.1^b	522.9^ab	14.71	0.038
Crypt depth, μm	162.7^a	147.5^b	143.3^b	5.058	0.025
Villus height:crypt depth, μm:μm	3.15^a	3.91^b	3.72^ab	0.153	0.003
Ileal lesion score	1.94^a	1.00^b	2.06^a	0.179	< 0.001
Gastric Lesion score	1.313^a	1.450^a	2.125^b	0.174	0.008
Goblet cells /100 enterocytes	10.30	8.900	8.950	0.541	0.126
Intraepithelial lymphocytes /100 enterocytes	34.65	36.25	36.25	0.702	0.199
Mucosal mast cell^b	2.75	2.95	2.45	0.512	0.788
Submucosal mast cell^b	8.10^a	8.55^a	6.50^b	0.386	0.001
Peyer patch^c	1.625	0.625	0.125	0.435	0.141

^aEight piglets per treatment. CON = pigs in the negative control group were fed a basal diet; LCS and HCS = pigs in coated cysteamine group were fed a basal diet supplemented with 35 and 280 mg/kg of cysteamine
^bAll of the cells were counted in 41,023 μm^{^2} area by microscope
^cAll of the cells were counted under 40 × 10 by microscope

ISSN: 1746-6148