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

Table 2

Effects of DSS challenge and FMT on the intestinal morphology and number of goblet cells in the intestines of piglets.

Items	DSS−		DSS+		SEM	value
	Micro-	Micro+	Micro-	Micro+		Micro	DSS
Jejunum
Villus height (μm)	521.360^b	546.800^b	1168.700^a	485.680^b	70.195	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Crypt depth (μm)	229.620^b	210.290^b	554.230^a	218.530^b	35.267	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Villus height : crypt depth	2.306	2.631	2.112	2.254	0.077	0.115	0.059	0.524
Ileum
Villus height (μm)	609.830^b	563.870^b	1161.670^a	442.720^b	69.900	<0.001	0.004	<0.001
Crypt depth (μm)	244.020^b	229.960^b	528.700^a	181.300^b	33.556	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Villus height : crypt depth	2.615	2.464	2.195	2.497	0.084	0.655	0.259	0.190
Goblet cells
Ileum	69.875	75.600	73.875	71.981	2.201	0.688	0.968	0.427
Colon	102.197^a	100.656^a	83.200^b	74.200^b	3.348	0.237	<0.001	0.397