Table 2.
Growth performance and organ weight of piglets at 21 days of age.
Items | NBW-CON | NBW-RSV | IUGR-CON | IUGR-RSV | P value | ||
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BW | RSV | BW × RSV | |||||
ABW (kg) | 7.17 ± 0.18 | 6.94 ± 0.12 | 4.32 ± 0.09 | 4.45 ± 0.12 | <0.001 | 0.995 | 0.337 |
Liver (g) | 185.62 ± 7.22 | 190.52 ± 3.56 | 142.63 ± 12.81 | 164.15 ± 5.20 | <0.001 | 0.114 | 0.311 |
Liver relative weight (g/kg) | 25.43 ± 1.13 | 22.00 ± 0.39 | 26.78 ± 2.10 | 26.60 ± 0.89 | 0.032 | 0.176 | 0.219 |
ABW: average body weight; BW: birth weight; RSV: resveratrol; NBW-CON: normal birth weight piglets orally fed with 0.5% carboxymethylcellulose sodium; NBW-RSV: normal birth weight piglets orally fed with 80 mg RSV/kg body weight/d; IUGR-CON: intrauterine growth-retarded piglets orally fed with 0.5% carboxymethylcellulose sodium; IUGR-RSV: intrauterine growth-retarded piglets orally fed with 80 mg RSV/kg body weight/d. Results present as means and standard errors, n = 6.