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. 2013 Jan;26(1):116–121. doi: 10.5713/ajas.2012.12414

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)
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
a,b

Means within columns with different superscripts are significantly different (p<0.05).