Table 5.

Effect of dietary bile acid supplementation on the organ index of laying hens

Parameters	Control	0.1 g/kg BAs	0.2 g/kg BAs	P-value
Body weight, g	2.26 ± 0.11	2.04 ± 0.04	2.18 ± 0.06	0.114
Liver, g	42.83 ± 5.18	33.87 ± 1.91	34.04 ± 1.42	0.140
%	1.97 ± 0.25	1.66 ± 0.09	1.70 ± 0.10	0.386
Abdominal fat pad, g	139.9 ± 20.9	112.8 ± 11.0	141.0 ± 14.0	0.379
%	5.97 ± 0.73	5.49 ± 0.47	6.39 ± 0.51	0.557
Duodenum, g	8.25 ± 0.70b	9.57 ± 0.48a,b	10.29 ± 0.57a	0.072
%	0.37 ± 0.04b	0.47 ± 0.02a	0.48 ± 0.03a	0.053
Jejunum, g	15.00 ± 1.05b	16.00 ± 0.68a,b	17.88 ± 0.79a	0.071
%	0.64 ± 0.04b	0.79 ± 0.04a	0.82 ± 0.04a	0.007
Ileum, g	9.78 ± 0.49a,b	8.64 ± 0.29b	10.25 ± 0.45a	0.035
%	0.44 ± 0.03	0.42 ± 0.02	0.47 ± 0.01	0.240
Cecum, g	5.93 ± 0.37	5.74 ± 0.25	5.93 ± 0.33	0.892
%	0.27 ± 0.02	0.28 ± 0.01	0.27 ± 0.02	0.821

^a,bMeans with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).

Data were presented as mean ± SD (n = 8).