Table 5 Effect of inclusion of wood powder on ileal morphology in broiler chickens1
Item | Processed pine tree powder (%) | SEM2 | P-value |
Control | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
Week 2 | Villus (µm) | 179.79 | 262.40 | 231.06 | 236.69 | 200.04 | 13.87 | 0.396 |
Crypt (µm) | 44.34ab | 37.88a | 50.23ab | 48.81ab | 61.63b | 2.75 | 0.050 |
V:C3 | 4.14 | 7.36 | 4.60 | 4.77 | 3.35 | 0.48 | 0.069 |
Week 5 | Villus (µm) | 448.55 | 435.51 | 463.35 | 433.31 | 416.56 | 18.89 | 0.968 |
Crypt (µm) | 63.31 | 54.45 | 55.35 | 62.90 | 63.31 | 2.95 | 0.809 |
V:C | 7.27 | 8.03 | 8.25 | 7.12 | 6.62 | 0.32 | 0.521 |
1 Results are mean with 6 replicates per treatment.2 Pooled standard error of mean.a,b Means within the same row without common superscripts are significantly different (P<0.05).