Table 3. Gut morphology.
Diet (n = 16 per group) | ANOVA | ||||||||||
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HF | HF+P | LF | LF+P | Significance | |||||||
Mean | s.e.m. | Mean | s.e.m. | Mean | s.e.m. | Mean | s.e.m. | Diet | Expt | Interaction | |
Stomach (g) | 7.2 | 0.70 | 6.1 | 0.34 | 7.4 | 0.34 | 6.2 | 0.47 | ns | ns | ns |
SI (g) | 11.0b | 0.37 | 13.6a | 0.34 | 9.1c | 0.26 | 14.4a | 0.58 | P<0.001 | ns | ns |
SI length (mm) | 1101b | 14.9 | 1181a | 20.5 | 1071b | 12.7 | 1213a | 20.3 | P<0.001 | ns | ns |
Caecum–full (g) | 2.9b | 0.25 | 6.9a | 0.38 | 3.2b | 0.20 | 8.0a | 0.40 | P<0.001 | ns | ns |
Caecum–empty (g) | 1.3b | 0.10 | 2.6a | 0.14 | 1.2b | 0.05 | 2.8a | 0.13 | P<0.001 | ns | ns |
Caecum length (mm) | 37.9b | 2.39 | 53.3a | 1.79 | 35.7b | 1.49 | 52.5a | 1.70 | P<0.001 | ns | ns |
Colon (g) | 3.4ab | 0.25 | 3.6ab | 0.28 | 3.0b | 0.26 | 4.1a | 0.22 | P<0.001 | ns | ns |
Colon length (mm) | 168 | 2.7 | 167 | 3.8 | 166 | 2.6 | 171 | 4.8 | ns | ns | ns |