Table 5.
Effects of dietary iron supplementation in the form of iron fortified bread and intramuscular injection on iron concentration (mg·kg−1·WM) in organs of post-weanling piglets. Values are expressed as means ± SD; Values in the same row with different superscripts differ significantly p < 0.05 (n = 6).
| Samples | Piglets Group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FeMB-G1 | FeSB-G2 | CB-G3 | CB-G4 | ||
| Intestinal mucosa | P51 | 25.0 ± 8.1 a | 28.0 ± 11.5 a | 18.4 ± 4.6 b | 27.2 ± 4.4 a |
| Liver | P51 | 29.0 ± 7.6 b | 30.3 ± 10.1 b | 20.0 ± 6.9 c | 56.2 ± 24.7 a |
| Heart | P51 | 33.0 ± 9.9 b | 35.4 ± 8.1 b | 26.3 ± 8.4 c | 46.0 ± 12.4 a |
| Spleen | P51 | 9.4 ± 2.0 ab | 10.1 ± 1.2 ab | 8.3 ± 1.6 b | 10.5 ± 2.4 a |
| kidney | P51 | 28.2 ± 8.6 ab | 27.3 ± 8.0 ab | 24.5 ± 7.3 b | 33.0 ± 8.6 a |
| Feces | P44 | 130.4 ± 39.7 a | 84.2 ± 17.2 a | 98.2 ± 31.3 a | 119.9 ± 27.3 a |
| P51 | 324.4 ± 129.5 b | 168.8 ± 83.7 ab | 58.5 ± 18.5 a | 139.2 ± 92.4 a | |