Table 7 Influence of dietary sodium butyrate and lincomycin on histomorphometry of the small intestine of broiler chickens (mean µm ± SE)

Groups

Villi length

Crypt depth

C/V

Villi length

Crypt depth

C/V

Villi length

Crypt depth

C/V

T1

833^c

81^c

10.2

817^c

89

9.1

757^c

80^b

9.4

T2

1100^b

104^b

10.0

957^c

116

8.2

910^b

91^b

10.0

T3

1067^b

99^bc

10.1

813^c

123

6.6

930^b

101^b

9.2

T4

1200^ab

100^bc

12.0

1100^b

120

6.0

1077^ab

118^b

9.1

T5

1433^a

121^a

11.0

1337^a

132

10.0

1233^a

131^a

9.4

SEM¹

65.20

3.40

0.40

58.90

3.80

0.60

52.30

4.80

0.33

P-value

0.020

0.050

0.836

0.0001

0.400

0.529

0.030

0.020

0.982