Table 3.

Effects of dietary supplementation with SAA on intestinal index in weaning piglets^a

Item	Dietary SAA, %					SEM	Contrast, P<
	0.53	0.63	0.74	0.85	0.96		Linear	Quadratic
Intestinal length, cm
day 0 to 7	625.50	687.13	627.00	682.38	594.63	26.17	0.080	0.075
day 0 to 14	740.63	674.75	703.25	696.63	785.57	33.24	0.208	0.201
Intestinal length:body weight, cm:kg
day 0 to 7	78.88	86.37	77.22	84.84	79.42	4.09	0.369	0.442
day 0 to 14	90.13	79.04	83.43	81.32	85.64	4.42	0.406	0.468
Intestinal weight, g
day 0 to 7	363.38	391.13	386.00	384.14	322.50	26.90	0.388	0.384
day 0 to 14	440.63	480.00	489.88	422.25	464.86	29.23	0.472	0.469
Ratio of intestinal weight:body weight, g:kg
day 0 to 7	44.92	49.41	47.10	48.14	42.49	3.07	0.550	0.548
day 0 to 14	53.87	55.38	57.28	49.55	50.70	3.17	0.419	0.417

^aValues are means of eight individually caged pigs.