Table 1.
Composition of experimental diets (g/kg of dry matter).
Fig 1.
Histology of ruminal papillae of sheep fed grain-based diets stained by hematoxylin-eosin method using the 10x objective.
(A) Stratum corneum thickness (B) Connective tissue width. (C) Non-keratinized epithelium (D) Total epithelium thickness.
Table 2.
Values of ruminal pH, ammonia (NH3) and short chain fatty acids (SCFA) of sheep fed high concentrate diets supplemented with live yeast (LY, Saccharomyces cerevisiae), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS) and additives combination (LY+ MOS).
Table 3.
Lipopolysaccharides (LPS), serum amyloid A (SAA) and haptoglobin (Hp) in sheep fed grain-based diets supplemented with live yeast (LY, Saccharomyces cerevisiae), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS) and the combination of these additives (LY+MOS).
Table 4.
Morphological parameters of rumen papillae of sheep fed a grain-based diet supplemented with live yeast (LY, Saccharomyces cerevisiae), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), and the combination of these additives (LY + MOS).
Table 5.
Incidence and severity of hepatic abscesses in sheep fed grain-based diets supplemented with live yeast (LY, Saccharomyces cerevisiae), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), and additives combination (LY+ MOS).