Effect of Probiotics and Herbal Products on Intestinal Histomorphological and Immunological Development in Piglets
Table 3
Mean ± SEM of the total number and density of goblet cells in the intestine of piglets.
Goblet cells
Group
value
C
Pro
Pro+B
H
Jejunum
n/villus
9.05 ± 0.809
10.88 ± 0.714
9.98 ± 0.481
9.55 ± 0.491
0.2330
GC/unit height (μm)
0.03 ± 0.004a
0.03 ± 0.002a
0.03 ± 0.001a
0.02 ± 0.001b
0.0042
n/crypt
21.55 ± 1.550
23.43 ± 1.138
22.08 ± 0.966
20.75 ± 0.699
0.2761
GC/unit depth (μm)
0.07 ± 0.007
0.08 ± 0.004
0.08 ± 0.004
0.08 ± 0.003
0.8101
Colon
n/crypt
34.90 ± 1.610b
38.38 ± 1.118a
35.30 ± 1.222ab
34.35 ± 0.660b
0.0394
GC/unit depth (μm)
0.08 ± 0.004
0.07 ± 0.002
0.07 ± 0.002
0.07 ± 0.003
0.2751
GC: goblet cells, SEM: standard error of measurements. a,bMean values within a row of different superscript letters are significantly different . Number of goblet cells per unit of villus height or crypt depth.