Selenium-Enriched Yeast Alleviates Oxidative Stress-Induced Intestinal Mucosa Disruption in Weaned Pigs

Table 4

Effect of SeY on intestinal morphology in weaned pigs upon oxidative stress.

Items	Treatments					value
	CON	SSY	DT	DSY	SEM	SeY	Diquat
Duodenum
Villus height (mm)	201.59^b	228.13^a	185.31^b	203.81^b	26.41	0.08	0.11	0.74
Crypt depth (mm)	87.65	80.39	93.79	83.71	13.23	0.12	0.75	0.87
V/C	2.19 ^c	2.92 ^a	1.99^bc	2.46^ac	0.5	0.01	0.11	0.52
Jejunum
Villus height (mm)	144.27^ab	181.36^a	124.18^c	157.89^a	5.98	<0.01	0.03	0.84
Crypt depth (mm)	67.73	55.83	67.88	63.81	2.62	0.14	0.44	0.46
V/C	2.15^bc	3.27^a	1.87^c	2.57^b	0.15	<0.01	0.02	0.28
Ileum
Villus height (mm)	155.54^a	196.36^a	142.29^b	175.86^a	8.47	0.18	0.15	0.51
Crypt depth (mm)	66.49^ab	59.11^b	75.34^a	56.38^b	2.59	<0.01	0.45	0.51
V/C	2.29^bc	3.21^a	1.91^b	2.66^ac	0.15	<0.01	0.01	0.61

¹Values are (), nonchallenged pigs (CON, fed with basal diet), diquat-challenged pigs (DT, fed with basal diet), and SeY-treated pigs (fed with basal diet containing 250 mg/kg SeY) challenged by sterile saline (SSY) or diquat (DSY). ^2a,b,cMean values within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different ().