Table 7 Impact of dietary silymarin on villus morphology and morphometry of 12 weeks old rabbits fed diet infected with aflatoxin.

From: Ameliorative effects of silymarin on aflatoxin B1 toxicity in weaned rabbits: impact on growth, blood profile, and oxidative stress

Parameters

AF

AF + Silymarin 20 mg

AF + Silymarin 30 mg

SEM

P value

NVIS

45.11

55.00

57.00

4.789

0.4016

Villus width

101.00

118.00

129.00

9.695

0.0890

Villus length

351.11b

477.00a

526.44a

19.14

0.0001

MTh

54.00b

67.00ab

99.00a

5.123

0.0079

Gcell

15.56

17.20

19.95

1.424

0.7434

  1. a,bLetters indicate significant differences among means within the same row (p < 0.05). AF: Rabbits fed on diet infected with 0.02 mg aflatoxin B1 /kg BW. AF + Silymarin 20 mg: Rabbits received diet infected with 0.02 mg aflatoxin B1 /kg BW and treated with Silymarin 20 mg/kg BW/day. AF + Silymarin 30 mg: Rabbits received diet infected with 0.02 mg aflatoxin B1 /kg BW and treated with Silymarin 30 mg/kg BW/day.
  2. NVIS no. of villin section, MTh musclaris thickness, Gcell goblet lining cells.
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