Table 2 Effect of puerarin on intestinal pathology of chicks challenged with Salmonella Enteritidis

Day 10

 Duodenum

  Villus height (um)

1520.75

1269.80

1656.40

1776.52

1884.08

1852.82

80.56

0.219

  Crypt depth (um)

617.44^b

799.53^ab

800.23^ab

796.02^ab

965.17^a

963.34^a

32.28

0.01

  Villus/Crypt

2.51

1.61

2.06

2.28

1.93

1.93

0.09

0.074

 Jejunum

  Villus height (um)

1717.28

1441.45

1631.48

1777.28

1688.86

1564.46

82.04

0.895

  Crypt depth (um)

722.85

895.00

911.51

799.80

840.09

765.29

37.13

0.684

  Villus/Crypt

2.34

1.66

1.84

2.28

2.06

2.04

0.08

0.111

 Ileum

  Villus height (um)

1492.53

1323.91

1400.74

1713.50

1413.87

1014.19

82.82

0.278

  Crypt depth (um)

735.75

752.48

663.15

681.40

643.51

513.72

31.51

0.114

  Villus/Crypt

2.03

1.75

2.16

2.62

2.17

1.86

0.10

0.163

Day 17

 Duodenum

  Villus height (um)

1853.20

1603.14

2073.07

2226.52

2417.41

2269.49

119.56

0.403

  Crypt depth (um)

917.44

940.53

1066.90

846.02

1115.17

1013.34

42.46

0.482

  Villus/Crypt

2.31

1.69

1.92

2.89

2.31

2.23

0.13

0.102

 Jejunum

  Villus height (um)

1717.28

1506.45

1964.81

1893.95

1772.19

1847.80

87.08

0.748

  Crypt depth (um)

722.85

911.67

994.85

866.47

828.43

776.96

34.59

0.259

  Villus/Crypt

2.34

1.70

1.96

2.24

2.22

2.43

0.08

0.056

 Ileum

  Villus height (um)

1592.53

1140.57

1350.74

1880.17

1547.20

1064.19

100.45

0.166

  Crypt depth (um)

759.08

692.48

701.48

681.40

598.51

530.39

41.89

0.698

  Villus/Crypt

2.25

1.67

1.98

3.82

2.61

1.87

0.26

0.194