Table 3.

Intestinal weight and length of piglets fed CONd or CDCd prestarter diet^a

	Treatments		SEM	P > F
	CONd	CDCd
Organ weight (g/kg BW)
Duodenum + jejunum	32.8	34.7	1.32	0.33
Ileum	8.0	7.9	0.30	0.80
Small intestine	40.9	42.7	1.45	0.41
Large intestine	16.1	17.9	0.71	0.10
Whole intestine	57.0	60.5	1.64	0.16
Organ length (cm/kg BW)
Duodenum + jejunum	100	102	4.8	0.83
Ileum	19.8	18.2	0.70	0.13
Small intestine	120	120	4.9	0.96

^aData are least squares means, n = 6. CONd, prestarter diet; CDCd, prestarter diet supplemented with 60 mg chenodeoxycholic acid per kg of initial body weight