In experiment I, V was significantly larger for the DF group than for the piglets fed FLF at SI1 (Pb0.05;Table 1). At sampling site SI2, there was again a significantly larger V length for the piglets fed DF (Pb0.05). The DF group also showed a larger total length of V+C and a higher V/C ratio than the group fed FLF (Pb0.1). In experiment II, no differences were noted between the two groups at SI1 (Table 2). At SI2 however, the DF groups showed significantly larger V, C and V+C compared with the group fed FLF (Pb0.05). In both experiments, we did not find significant differences for the intra-epithelial lymphocytes counts between the two groups, although in experiment I there was a trend towards a significantly lower count for the DF group at SI2 (Tables 1 and 2).