Table 7. Effects of dried Tenebrio molitor larvae supplementation replacing fish meal in the diet on small intestinal morphology of weanling pigs¹⁾

Items	CON	TM1	TM2	SEM	p-value
Villus height (µm)
Duodenum	584	579	578	13.23	0.952
Jejunum	521	541	539	18.50	0.718
Ileum	445	426	467	19.34	0.350
Crypt depth (µm)
Duodenum	324	317	330	14.47	0.816
Jejunum	330	355	349	14.64	0.473
Ileum	265	270	268	12.63	0.964
VH/CD
Duodenum	1.82	1.86	1.76	0.10	0.783
Jejunum	1.64	1.53	1.55	0.11	0.788
Ileum	1.73	1.58	1.74	0.07	0.270

Data represent means based on six replicates per treatment.
CON, control; TM, Tenebrio molitor larvae; SEM, standard error of mean; VH/CD, villus height and crypt depth ratio.