Table 3.

Effects of low iron diet on growth performance and organ coefficients of weaned pigs (n = 6).

Item	Control group	L-Fe group	SEM	P-value
Initial body weight, kg	4.95	4.97	0.051	0.867
Final body weight, kg	16.45	16.08	0.524	0.744
Average daily gain, kg/d	0.27	0.27	0.004	0.333
Average daily feed intake, kg/d	0.75	0.76	0.017	0.722
Feed conversion ratio	2.73	2.87	0.082	0.427
Heart weight, g	80.62	78.15	3.306	0.728
Heart organ coefficient, g/kg	4.91	4.83	0.095	0.669
Liver weight, g	518.00	485.82	23.480	0.519
Liver organ coefficient, g/kg	31.53	29.99	0.735	0.317
Spleen weight, g	47.30	41.42	3.401	0.413
Spleen organ coefficient, g/kg	2.89	2.57	0.198	0.439
Kidney weight, g	103.02	100.68	5.775	0.851
Kidney organ coefficient, g/kg	6.26	6.19	0.238	0.891

Basal diet analyzed 29.04 mg/kg Fe DM. Supplemental Fe was 0 mg/kg (L-Fe group) and 100 mg/kg (control group).