ABSTRACT
This study aimed to determine the effect of feeding with different energy levels on the gut characteristics of villous number, length, and crypt depth of crossbreed chickens. The experiment was conducted in vivo with 162 DOC crossbreed chickens and was maintained for 60 days, 3 treatments with 6 replications. The results showed a significant effect (P<0.05) on the villous number average number of villi produced by a treatment E2 (2800 Kcal/kg for the starter and 2950 Kcal/kg for the finisher), which was 58.17 and no significant effect (P>0.05) on the villi length of 468.78, and crypt depth was E3 (2900 Kcal/kg for the starter and 3100 Kcal/kg for the finisher), which is equal to 145. Based on the study results, it can be concluded that feeding with different energy levels showed the best results in the average number of villi in intestinal characteristics of crossbreed chicken
