Toxoplasma gondii causes death and plastic alteration in the jejunal myenteric plexus

Table 1 Initial and final weight; length, width and area of the jejunum and thickness of the external muscle layer of the jejunum in rats from the control group and infected group

Parameters	CG	IG
Initial body weight (g)	254.8 ± 15.90	262.4 ± 11.29
Final body weight (g)	394.1 ± 14.941	419.8 ± 31.531
Length (cm)	108.4 ± 5.07	110.4 ± 6.83
Width (cm)	0.96 ± 0.15	0.96 ± 0.15
Area (cm2)	104.35 ± 19.15	106.82 ± 23.53
Muscular fold thickness (μm)	51.40 ± 12.341	77.02 ± 42.711

¹Significantly different (P < 0.05). IG: Infected group; CG: Control group.