Research Article

Effects of Replacement Cold Press Poppy Seed (Papaver somniferum) Oil to Fish Oil at Different Proportions on the Growth Performance, Blood Parameters, and Digestive Tracks Histopathology in Juvenile Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio)

Table 5

Histopathological changes in the liver and histomorphometric measurements of the intestines carp fish of fed with experimental diets.

mmParts of the intestinePSO0PSO25PSO50PSO75PSO100

Villus widthProximal loop97.98 ± 12.17b126.03 ± 25.17a110.31 ± 19.60bc120.27 ± 23.21ab114.65 ± 22.45ab
Middle loop97.36 ± 21.54b97.49 ± 20.60b107.31 ± 18.03ab112.85 ± 18.97a104.79 ± 20.13ab
Distal loop99.23 ± 12.35b112.03 ± 16.80ab119.10 ± 20.06a119.46 ± 18.86a123.87 ± 23.13a

Villus lengthProximal loop221.36 ± 66.73c298.32 ± 57.88b325.04 ± 74.06ab309.07 ± 92.48b373.41 ± 87.76a
Middle loop257.81 ± 47.59b343.51 ± 51.60a354.83 ± 101.02a361.38 ± 91.55a320.47 ± 54.50a
Distal loop307.71 ± 38.24b332.85 ± 59.27b441.36 ± 121.93a441.57 ± 88.82a487.23 ± 88.93a

Tunica muscularis thicknessProximal loop23.51 ± 6.70c34.84 ± 9.13b35.08 ± 5.93b35.69 ± 12.84b46.98 ± 12.75a
Middle loop23.22 ± 8.63b25.61 ± 7.51ab24.60 ± 5.87b24.58 ± 6.99b30.83 ± 9.24a
Distal loop22.05 ± 5.72b24.29 ± 6.78b23.44 ± 4.61b20.11 ± 4.56b36.21 ± 9.52a

Data represent mean ± SD from two replicates per tank total six fish for each group (n = 6). Values with different letters in the same row indicate significant differences between their groups (()).