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Fig. 2 | Animal Microbiome

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From: Short-term feeding of defatted bovine colostrum mitigates inflammation in the gut via changes in metabolites and microbiota in a chicken animal model

Fig. 2

The BC-supplemented diet increases the villus surface abundance. The effects of inclusion of nonfat dry milk (NFDM) or the bovine colostrum fraction (BC) to the standard feed (Control) on the morphology of the ileum. Data represent the means ± SEM of the number of villi counted per standardized length of tissue (Panel A) or the calculated area of the villi as associated with the diet treatments fed to the chickens (Panel B), or the ratio of the villus height to crypt depth (Panel C). Panel D depicts representative images of the diet-associated ileal architecture. (Control, basal diet, n = 6. NFDM. n = 6. BC, n = 10). For reference, “V” = villi, “C” = crypts, and “SM” = submucosa

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Animal Microbiome

ISSN: 2524-4671