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. 2018 Jun 9;96(8):3471–3481. doi: 10.1093/jas/sky221

Table 8.

Influence of maternal nutrient restriction and arginine supplementation on offspring organ mass at day 54 of age

Organ Maternal treatments1 SEM P-value2 P-values3
CON RES RES-ARG CON vs. RES and RES-ARG RES vs. RES-ARG
Brain, g 93.6 93.4 92.7 2.69 0.97 0.88 0.85
 g/kg BW 4.05 4.31 3.96 0.224 0.52 0.75 0.27
Adrenals, g 1.72a 1.46b 1.54ab 0.072 0.03 0.01 0.44
 g/kg BW 0.074 0.067 0.065 0.0035 0.18 0.07 0.77
Thyroid, g 1.80 1.81 1.93 0.139 0.77 0.69 0.55
 g/kg BW 0.076 0.083 0.082 0.0056 0.61 0.33 0.83
Heart, g 147.0 132.3 138.4 5.38 0.16 0.08 0.43
 g/kg BW 6.19 6.08 5.87 0.169 0.40 0.29 0.40
Liver, g 481.2 429.5 490.0 21.08 0.11 0.40 0.05
 g/kg BW 20.34 19.63 20.70 0.616 0.47 0.81 0.23
Pancreas, g 28.7 24.3 27.2 1.53 0.12 0.10 0.17
 g/kg BW 1.20 1.10 1.16 0.058 0.47 0.31 0.48
Kidneys, g 106.1 102.6 108.6 4.67 0.66 0.93 0.37
 g/kg BW 4.46 4.68 4.58 0.084 0.17 0.09 0.41
Total visceral adiposity, g 1,021.7 851.2 888.1 102.40 0.45 0.22 0.80
 g/kg BW 41.5 38.9 37.5 3.83 0.75 0.48 0.80
Omental fat, g 511.6 424.4 487.8 53.87 0.49 0.39 0.41
  g/kg BW 20.69 19.38 20.55 2.013 0.88 0.76 0.68
Perirenal fat, g 510.0 426.8 400.3 55.98 0.34 0.16 0.74
 g/kg BW 20.79 19.52 16.97 2.182 0.45 0.33 0.41
Full GI tract, g 3,732.2 3,330.8 3,471.6 186.73 0.30 0.15 0.60
 g/kg BW 156.4 152.5 147.2 5.82 0.52 0.35 0.52
Empty GI tract, g 955.9 891.2 920.2 35.35 0.44 0.26 0.57
g/kg BW 40.59 40.91 39.00 1.172 0.48 0.66 0.26
Stomach, g 304.5 267.8 259.0 15.67 0.10 0.04 0.70
 g/kg BW 12.78 12.31 11.10 0.630 0.16 0.16 0.18
Small intestine, g 454.7 442.8 470.5 20.55 0.64 0.94 0.35
g/kg BW 19.37 20.31 19.85 0.707 0.65 0.42 0.65
Large intestine, g 190.4 180.6 190.7 9.74 0.71 0.69 0.47
 g/kg BW 8.09 8.28 8.05 0.394 0.91 0.88 0.69

a,bMeans within a row with different superscripts differ (P ≤ 0.05).

1CON = control, 100% NRC requirements (n = 11); RES = restricted, 60% CON nutrients (n = 11); RES-ARG = restricted + arginine, 60% CON nutrients with 180 mg rumen-protected arginine supplement per kg BW (n = 11).

2 P-value associated with overall F-test for treatment.

3 P-values associated with specific contrasts.