Effects of Early Transplantation of the Faecal Microbiota from Tibetan Pigs on the Gut Development of DSS-Challenged Piglets

Table 1

Effects of DSS challenge and FMT on the intestinal index in piglets.

Items	DSS-		DSS+		SEM	value
	Micro-	Micro+	Micro-	Micro+		Micro	DSS
Relative length of SI (cm/g)	5.257	5.498	5.003	5.777	0.231	0.040	0.957	0.264
Relative length of LI (cm/g)	1.195	1.208	1.092	1.217	0.056	0.234	0.409	0.333
Relative length of I (cm/g)	6.453	6.073	6.095	6.993	0.273	0.049	0.902	0.250
Relative density of SI (g/cm)	0.735	0.748	0.718	0.683	0.030	0.722	0.190	0.431
Relative density of LI (g/cm)	1.673^b	1.688^b	2.125^a	1.707^b	0.083	0.024	0.010	0.016
Relative density of I (g/cm)	0.908	0.918	0.972	0.858	0.035	0.156	0.963	0.094
Relative weight of SI (%)	3.862	4.058	3.598	3.958	0.186	0.150	0.341	0.666
Relative weight of LI (%)	2.003	2.005	2.315	2.060	0.115	0.284	0.126	0.277
Relative weight of I (%)	6.062	5.865	6.018	5.915	0.250	0.555	0.990	0.854