Table 2.

Effect of sodium butyrate supplementation on gastrointestinal tract organ index¹ of suckling  lambs

Items, %	Treatments2		SEM	P-value
	CON	SB
Rumen	0.66	1.02	0.16	0.079
Reticulum	0.12	0.13	0.02	0.531
Omasum	0.09	0.09	0.02	0.892
Abomasum	0.58	0.59	0.09	0.921
Small intestine	3.53b	5.84a	0.83	0.038
Large intestine	2.81	3.71	0.18	0.466

¹Gastrointestinal tract organ index = gastrointestinal tract organ weight/body weight.

²CON, control; SB, sodium butyrate.

^{a, b}Mean values in rows without a common letter are significantly different (P < 0.05)