Table 3 Distal intestine morphology of northern snakehead in the different groups (mean ± S.D. of three replications).

From: Dietary soybean meal affects intestinal homoeostasis by altering the microbiota, morphology and inflammatory cytokine gene expression in northern snakehead

Groups

TM (μm)

HF (μm)

HMV (μm)

G1

110.21 ± 10.67a

295.32 ± 15.61a

25.59 ± 1.79a

G2

114.53 ± 9.78a

268.69 ± 12.31ab

28.92 ± 2.68a

G3

104.52 ± 10.10ab

254.59 ± 19.17b

20.16 ± 2.00b

G4

88.74 ± 9.23b

242.34 ± 19.95b

15.28 ± 1.47c

  1. Means shown in the same column with different superscript letters are significantly different (P < 0.05) according to Tukey’s test.
  2. TM: thickness of the muscularis; HF: height of the fold; HMV: height of the microvillus.
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