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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Nutr. 2008 Jun;138(6):1101–1106. doi: 10.1093/jn/138.6.1101

TABLE 1.

Characteristics of piglets 10 d after treatment with graded doses of VA (0, 26.2, 52.4, or 105 μmol retinol as retinyl acetate)

Characteristic Value
Age, d1 28.6 ± 0.5
Prior parities of sows, n 2.25 ± 0.46
Body weight, kg 7.13 ± 1.36
Adrenal gland weight, g 1.01 ± 0.24
Kidney weight, g 38.8 ± 7.8
Lung weight, g 97.2 ± 26.3
Spleen weight, g 12.5 ± 3.6
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Data are means ± SD, n = 28. Characteristics did not differ among treatment groups.