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Table 3 Numbers of periodic acid Schiff (neutral mucin)- and Alcian blue (acidic mucin)-stained goblet cells per villus or crypt in the jejunum

From: Damage to intestinal barrier integrity in piglets caused by porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus infection

 

Jejunal villus

Jejunal crypt

PAS-stained goblet cells

 Control

7.75 ± 0.55

5.92 ± 0.74

 PRRSV-infected

7.67 ± 0.55

22.92 ± 2.30***

AB-stained goblet cells

 Control

9.58 ± 0.89

9.58 ± 0.88

 PRRSV-infected

6.25 ± 0.63**

22.08 ± 1.30***

  1. Data are expressed as the mean ± SEM. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001 (statistically significant differences between the PRRSV-infected and uninfected pigs by the t-test).
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Veterinary Research

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