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Table 5 Effects of environment and LP on the jejunal morphology of chickens after CP administration

From: Effects of Lactobacillus plantarum on intestinal integrity and immune responses of egg-laying chickens infected with Clostridium perfringens under the free-range or the specific pathogen free environment

 

Villus height (μm)

Crypt depth (μm)

V/C

1st day

3rd day

10th day

1st day

3rd day

10th day

1st day

3rd day

10th day

SPFC

824.31

988.71

953.85

91.69

93.65

94.68

9.18

11.46

10.78

SPFL

973.34

1057.00

957.08

70.47

79.29

84.60

14.45

14.48

11.74

FRC

932.66

975.54

907.46

139.05

114.79

102.65

6.99

9.17

9.26

FRL

872.28

836.24

843.10

98.61

95.90

83.80

9.08

9.13

10.50

SEM

10.719

14.326

7.164

1.617

1.805

1.376

0.167

0.249

0.151

Main effects

 Environment

 SPF

890.55

1014.05

955.43

82.26

88.325

89.74

11.52

12.58

11.25

 FRS

903.96

906.37

875.28

119.83

105.41

93.22

7.98

9.15

9.88

Lactobacillus

 NLP

885.14

982.34

930.98

118.28

103.87

98.61

7.95

10.35

10.03

 LP

913.53

922.30

899.69

87.13

89.43

84.19

11.27

11.22

11.12

P-value

  Environment

0.865

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.194

0.000

0.000

0.000

  Lactobacillus

0.040

0.216

0.034

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.003

0.000

  Environment × Lactobacillus

0.000

0.000

0.019

0.003

0.531

0.112

0.000

0.002

0.646