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. 2010 Oct 15;76(24):8192–8200. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01427-10

TABLE 3.

Effects on visceral organ weights of weaned pigs fed different experimental diets

Organ Wt (g/kg BW)b
SEMa P value
C PRO RPS PRO-RPS
Liver 28.8 25.5 28.4 28.9 1.6 0.365
Spleen 3.2 5.0 2.5 2.4 1.3 0.472
Stomach (empty) 9.3 10.5 10.3 9.2 0.6 0.381
Small intestine (full) 59.3A 83.7B 73.2B 80.1B 4.4 <0.001
Small intestine (empty) 43.8A 54.6B 49.8AB 52.6B 2.8 0.051
Colon (full) 25.8A 19.4B 27.4A 25.3A 1.9 0.022
Colon (empty) 12.2AB 11.2B 14.2A 13.7A 0.8 0.024
a

Pooled standard error of the mean.

b

Means within rows without common letters differ (P < 0.05).