Comparative Gastric Morphometry of Muong Indigenous and Vietnamese Wild Pigs

Table 2

Comparative histomorphometry of stomach gland regions (𝜇m; Mean ± SEM).

Region	Muong indigenous pigs; 𝑛=12	Vietnamese wild pigs; 𝑛=9
Cardiac glands
Tunica muscularis	1156.4 ± 78.95	1106.5 ± 84.37
Submucosa	174.4 ± 19.52	158.7 ± 62.75
Tunica mucosa	947.2 ± 32.27^a	912.5 ± 63.79^b
% of total stomach surface*	28.7 ± 0.99^a	16.7 ± 0.56^b
Proper gastric glands
Tunica muscularis	1412.1 ± 97.67	1369.2 ± 90.3
Submucosa	292.4 ± 28.41^a	186.4 ± 14.51^b
Tunica mucosa	1488.9 ± 100.31	1459.7 ± 45.39
% of total stomach surface*	40.1 ± 1.34^a	46.5 ± 1.56^b
Pyloric glands
Tunica muscularis	1177.6 ± 81.36	1163.1 ± 41.36
Submucosa	163.9 ± 17.84	126.2 ± 21.07
Tunica mucosa	1134.5 ± 39.42	1096.5 ± 75.92
% of total stomach surface*	31.1 ± 1.20	36.8 ± 1.22

^a,  bValues within row bearing different superscripts differ at 𝑃<0.05.
*These data were used to construct Figure 2.