Table 3 Effects of dietary supplementation of Lactobacillus salivarius on intestinal gut morphology of piglets at weaning.

From: Effects of Lactobacillus salivarius isolated from feces of fast-growing pigs on intestinal microbiota and morphology of suckling piglets

Item

Treatment

SEM

P-value

CON

HLS

NLS

Villus height (VH)

 Duodenum

257.07c

283.46a

269.03b

3.71

0.001

 Jejunum

246.87b

278.16a

270.76a

4.67

0.002

 Ileum

150.93b

176.73a

168.73a

3.70

0.001

Crypt depth (CD)

 Duodenum

139.99

147.96

148.41

2.22

0.238

 Jejunum

138.73

147.1

145.69

1.98

0.19

 Ileum

121.8

117.5

123.22

1.32

0.191

VH:CD

 Duodenum

1.84

1.92

1.82

0.03

0.486

 Jejunum

1.78

1.89

1.86

0.02

0.243

 Ileum

1.24c

1.51a

1.37b

0.03

0.001

  1. CON, Control; HLS, L. salivarius 144 isolated from fast-growing pig feces; NLS, L. salivarius160 isolated from normal weight pig feces.
  2. a-b Means with different superscripts within rows are significantly different at P < 0.05.
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