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Table 5 Effect of organic acids on intestinal morphology of broilers with and without coccidial challenge

From: Effect of organic acids on growth performance, intestinal morphology, and immunity of broiler chickens with and without coccidial challenge

Treatments¹	C.C²	Measurements³
		VH		CD		VH:CD		GC
		18d	29d	18d	29d	18d	29d	18d	29d
		µm				µm/µm		NO./mm²
CON	−	1077.5	1269.4	176.3	213.8	6.35	6.00	1983.6	1727.8
OAW	−	1087.6	1181.3	190.2	220.0	5.95	5.41	1786.0	1470.8
OAF	−	1082.4	1191.0	167.6	197.4	7.13	6.23	1866.5	1609.4
CONC	+	1273.7	1014.0	247.8	257.7	5.29	4.06	1514.1	1831.8
OAWC	+	1084.0	1168.5	237.8	251.9	4.72	4.77	1718.7	1716.4
OAFC	+	998.4	1200.9	217.1	255.5	4.86	4.78	1511.5	1710.7
SEM		75.5	81.6	27.6	20.6	0.59	0.40	106.0	159.2
Main effect means
CON		1175.6	1141.7	212.0	235.8	5.82	5.03	1748.8	1779.8
OAW		1085.8	1174.9	214.0	236.0	5.34	5.09	1752.4	1593.6
OAF		1040.4	1195.9	192.3	226.4	6.00	5.50	1689.0	1660.1
C.C	−	1082.5	1213.9	178.0^b	210.4^b	6.48^a	5.88^a	1878.7^a	1602.7
	+	1118.7	1127.8	234.2^a	255.0^a	4.96^b	4.54^b	1581.4^b	1753.0
P-value	Diet	0.211	0.801	0.691	0.871	0.519	0.453	0.799	0.505
	C.C	0.562	0.209	0.02	0.014	0.004	0.001	0.002	0.259
	Diet × C.C	0.183	0.218	0.892	0.818	0.547	0.284	0.17	0.875

¹CON Control diet, OAW Organic acid in water, OAF Organic acid in feed, CONC Control diet with Coccidial challenge, OAWC Organic acid in water with Coccidial challenge; and OAFC Organic acid in feed with Coccidial challenge
²C.C = Coccidial Challenge
³Villus height (VH); Crypts Depth (CD); Villus Height to Crypt depth ratio (VH:CD); and Goblet cell (GC)
^{a, b}Mean within each column with no common superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05)

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