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From: Use of lactulose as a prebiotic in laying hens: its effect on growth, egg production, egg quality, blood biochemistry, digestive enzymes, gene expression and intestinal morphology

Fig. 4

Effect of Lactulose (Vetelact) treatments (0.05, 0.10 and 0.15 ml/kg of body weight) in drinking water of laying hens on Photomicrograph small intestine (jejunum). Tissue stained by hematoxylin and eosin. Scale bar = 200 µm. A control group showing normal intestinal villi length (arrow, red line), propria width (P), crypts (C), lumen (L) and muscle layer (M). B the group supplied by 0.05 ml/kg showing increased in villi length (arrow, red line), crypts (C), P, and thick muscle layer (M). C the group supplied by 0.1ml/kg showing villi with longer length (arrow, red line), deep crypts, p, and muscle layer. D the group supplied by 0.15 ml/kg showing higher villi length (arrow), wide propria, crypts (C), and muscle layer (M)

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