Highlights • Characteristic histological change is associated with dietary cereal proportion.• Immune-related cells are found in higher densities in cattle on lower cereal diets.• Cereal proportion is associated with cell… Click to show full abstract
Highlights • Characteristic histological change is associated with dietary cereal proportion.• Immune-related cells are found in higher densities in cattle on lower cereal diets.• Cereal proportion is associated with cell layer thickness, integrity, and sloughing.• No benefit of Elastin Martius Scarlet Blue stain use over Haematoxylin and Eosin.• Novel scoring system can differentiate groups by approximate dietary cereal level.
               
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