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Table 5. Selected gastrointestinal tract parameters in chinchillas (mean ± SEM).

		Diet			P-value

		C	FM	MWM
Stomach
	pH of digesta	3.62 ± 0.158^b	4.95 ± 0.237^a	4.07 ± 0.228^b	<0.001
Small intestine
	Tissue weight [g/kg BW]	7.25 ± 0.253	7.74 ± 0.310	7.05 ± 0.184	0.085
	Digesta weight [g/kg BW]	13.6 ± 0.864	16.2 ± 1.228^a	12.8 ± 0.301^b	0.020
	Viscosity [mPa·s]	3.89 ± 0.282^a	4.21 ± 0.140^a	2.91 ± 0.126^b	<0.001
	DM of jejunal digesta [%]	17.9 ± 0.614^a	16.1 ± 0.655^b	18.1 ± 0.561^a	0.036
	pH of jejunal digesta	7.25 ± 0.050	7.03 ± 0.099	7.15 ± 0.068	0.068
	Sucrase [µmol/min/g protein]	9.59 ± 1.351^a	9.27 ± 0.636^a	6.31 ± 0.865^b	0.039
	Maltase [µmol/min/g protein]	18.4 ± 0.884^a	18.3 ± 1.270^a	13.2 ± 1.200^b	0.006
	Lactase [µmol/min/g protein]	1.62 ± 0.157^a	1.72 ± 0.194^a	1.17 ± 0.141^b	0.036
Cecum
	Tissue weight [g/kg BW]	6.09 ± 0.311^a	4.97 ± 0.453^b	4.77 ± 0.169^b	0.015
	Digesta weight [g/kg BW]	36.3 ± 1.606^a	29.3 ± 2.049^b	27.8 ± 2.162^b	0.008
	DM of digesta [%]	18.5 ± 0.709	17.5 ± 0.853	18.1 ± 0.544	0.339
	Ammonia [mg/g]	0.145 ± 0.018^b	0.198 ± 0.023^a	0.132 ± 0.010^b	0.023
	pH of cecal digesta	7.54 ± 0.017	7.47 ± 0.023	7.54 ± 0.061	0.383
Colon
	Colon with digesta	51.1 ± 2.292	50.1 ± 4.470	60.5 ± 4.434	0.087
	Weight of ascending colonic tissue [g/kg BW]	10.1 ± 0.131^b	10.3 ± 0.416	11.0 ± 0.205^a	0.031
	Weight of ascending colonic digesta [g/kg BW]	15.1 ± 0.435^b	19.5 ± 2.522	23.5 ± 1.899^a	0.006
	pH of ascending colonic digesta	7.67 ± 0.086	7.70 ± 0.077	7.49 ± 0.063	0.073

C, control; FM, fish meal; MWM, Mealworm larvae meal; BW, body weight. ^a,bMean values within rows with no common superscripts are different at P<0.05.