Table 3.

Effect of feeding tall fescue seed with endophyte (E+) vs. endophyte-free (E−) to ewes during gestation (d 35 to parturition) on lamb organ, muscle and adipose tissue weights as a percentage of body weight.

	E+	E−	SEM	P-Level
n	8	8
ORGANS, %
Heart	0.76	0.76	0.04	0.96
Lungs	2.2	2.4	0.15	0.42
Kidneys	0.57	0.52	0.03	0.32
Spleen	0.15	0.19	0.02	0.07
Thymus	0.14	0.23	0.04	0.10
Liver	2.3	2.4	0.10	0.40
Pancreas	0.24	0.027	0.009	0.81
Total viscera	8.0	6.7	0.45	0.06
MUSCLES, %
Longissimus	2.6	2.7	0.13	0.57
Gluteus medius	0.78	0.75	0.04	0.64
Semitendinosus	0.59	0.57	0.07	0.89
Semimembranosus	1.6	1.8	0.14	0.28
Quadriceps femoris	1.7	1.8	0.06	0.23
Biceps femoris	1.1	1.2	0.11	0.48
Total muscle	21.2	21.7	0.95	0.72
ADIPOSE, %
Mesenteric fat	0.14	0.11	0.01	0.08
Kidney fat	0.42	0.42	0.05	0.98