[Retracted] Role of Wheat Based Diet on the Pathology of Necrotic Enteritis in Turkeys

Table 3

Effect of C. perfringens on small intestinal morphology of turkeys (mean ± SD) on day 7 after infection (day 35 after hatch).

Groups	Villus height (µm)	Crypt depth (µm)	Villus width (µm)	Submucosa (µm)	Muscularis thickness (µm)	Villus apparent surface area (µm^2)
Duodenum
A	743.45 ± 13.5	58.37 ± 31.2	41.62 ± 33.8	14.69 ± 3.6	90.60 ± 34.3	29342 ± 1243
B	747.33 ± 9.2	60.22 ± 4.5	44.22 ± 31.3	15.65 ± 3.9	92.34 ± 22.1	29349 ± 934
C	717.82 ± 34.7	62.76 ± 44.2	41.83 ± 18.4	14.89 ± 4.7	88.81 ± 54.3	27057 ± 987
D	677.60 ± 32.5	72.16 ± 28.4	45.79 ± 16.4	17.44 ± 9.4	81.69 ± 56.5	24864 ± 1091
Jejunum
A	738.64 ± 44.6	101.61 ± 52.4	76.48 ± 35.4	25.34 ± 11.3	139.42 ± 56.5	56346 ± 3324
B	744.33 ± 12.2	107.23 ± 67.2	80.28 ± 22.2	27.29 ± 17.8	143.57 ± 35.8	56472 ± 3322
C	712.27 ± 68.2	104.83 ± 66.6	77.27 ± 51.3	27.40 ± 12.4	141.23 ± 77.4	52129 ± 2356
D	669.25 ± 22.3	109.67 ± 47.6	82.56 ± 23.4	34.55 ± 23.4	136.94 ± 22.4	48066 ± 2246

Means bearing different superscripts within the column are significantly different ().