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 |
Pooled standard error of the mean.
Means within rows without common letters differ (P < 0.05).