Fig. 9

Effects of Glu intake on cell proliferation in the intestine. The number of BrdU positive cells per microvillus of A anterior intestine, B posterior intestine. The fish were challenged to 8 weeks of experiment. The fish were fasted for the last 48 h of the experiment. BrdU was administered i.p. 24 h before the sacrifice. All values are expressed as the mean ± SEM (n = 8). Different letters indicate significant difference between groups (p < 0.05)