Table 3.
Effects of oligosaccharides and antibiotics supplementation on gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and immune organ development at 35 d of age
Treatment | GIT (g/100 g BW)
|
Immune organ (g/100 g BW)
|
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Intestine | Pancreas | Bursa | Spleen | Spleen/bursa (g/g) | |
Control | 4.375a | 0.541a | 0.219 | 0.129 | 0.599ab |
MOS | 4.085a | 0.487ab | 0.237 | 0.119 | 0.496b |
FOS | 4.067a | 0.448b | 0.201 | 0.126 | 0.659a |
Antibiotic | 2.918b | 0.449b | 0.182 | 0.118 | 0.672a |
Pooled SEM | 0.183 | 0.021 | 0.013 | 0.007 | 0.044 |
Probability | 0.007 | 0.025 | 0.164 | 0.464 | 0.102 |
Means within columns with different superscripts are significantly different (p<0.05).