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Table 4 Morphology of jejunum in nursery pigs fed diets supplemented with Saccharomyces yeast postbiotic

From: Saccharomyces yeast postbiotics mitigate mucosal damages from F18+ Escherichia coli challenges by positively balancing the mucosal microbiota in the jejunum of young pigs

Item

Treatment1

P value

NC

PC

SYP

SEM

NC versus PC

PC versus SYP

Villus height, µm

486

430

448

30.43

0.041

0.489

Crypt depth, µm

173

187

172

12.71

0.262

0.213

VH:CD2

2.86

2.33

2.67

0.14

0.012

0.092

Ki-67+3, count

53.4

72.3

50.0

2.56

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Ki-67+4, %

55.0

57.1

55.7

1.44

0.311

0.503

  1. 1NC, basal diet (no supplementation); PC, NC + challenged with F18+ E. coli; SYP, NC + Saccharomyces yeast postbiotics (175 g/ton of feed) + challenged with F18+ E. coli
  2. 2Villus height to crypt depth ratio
  3. 3Number of Ki-67 positive cells in the crypt
  4. 4Number of Ki-67 positive cells to total cells in the crypt as a percentage
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