The effect of selected feed mixtures on the duodenal morphology.

The objective of this work was to compare the effect of selected feed mixtures on the duodenal morphology. One-hundred-four rats of the Wistar strain were divided to thirteen groups per eight rats. The experiment started at 35-days rats after birth and lasted for 32-days. The groups (A-M) were fed; commercial diet, 85% wheat and 15% oat diet, 85% wheat and 15% triticale, 85% wheat and 15% barley, 85% wheat and 15% amaranth, 85% wheat and 15% lantern, 85% wheat and 15% buckwheat, 100% wheat, 100% white lupine, 100% flock peas - variety Garden, 100% native peas - variety Garden, 100% native peas - variety Zekon or 100% extruded peas - variety Zekon diet respectively. Samples from the duodenum were taken. The height of the villi and the depth of the crypts were measured. The tallest villi were measured in group F (474.33+/-114.36 microm) and the shortest villi were observed in group B (294.08+/-88.52 microm). The deepest crypts were measured in group K (166.41+/-35.69 microm) and the shallowest crypts were observed in group E (77.85+/-17.61 microm). The work document, that gluten-free and classical cereals combination can be a better choice for people who want to limit the gluten content of the diet.