Veterinary Research

Table 2 Intestinal morphology of non-infected pigs (NC), Lawsonia intracellularis inoculated pigs (PC), and vaccinated Lawsonia intracellularis inoculated pigs (VAC)

From: Lawsonia intracellularis infected enterocytes lack sucrase-isomaltase which contributes to reduced pig digestive capacity

	Treatment
	NC	PC	VAC	SEM	P value
Ileum
Villus height, μm	453^ab	388^b	467^a	20.28	0.020
Crypt depth, μm	267	271	285	9.49	0.331
Villus:Crypt	1.74^a	1.46^b	1.67^a	0.057	0.005
Cecum crypt depth, μm	547^b	603^ab	614^a	17.92	0.026
Colon crypt depth, μm	575^b	660^a	685^a	20.89	0.002

^a,bMeans with differing superscripts differ significantly at P < 0.05.

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