Table 1.

Intestinal weights of early-fed (EF) and control (CON) piglets at weaning (d29), mean ± SEM. P-values are based on linear mixed model using body weight at sacrifice as covariate.

Item	CON	EF	P-value
Body weight, kg	8.2 ± 0.3	8.5 ± 0.4	0.57
Organ weight, g
Adrenal gland	0.5 ± 0.02	0.5 ± 0.03	0.70
Pancreas	13.5 ± 0.7	15.5 ± 0.8	0.05
Spleen	19.4 ± 1.0	19.4 ± 1.0	0.70
Liver	213.6 ± 7.2	219.4 ± 11.0	0.79
Gallbladder	3.0 ± 0.4	2.5 ± 0.3	0.39
Intestine weight, g
Stomach, full	146.2 ± 10.7	160.7 ± 11.0	0.47
Stomach, empty	43.2 ± 1.6	44.7 ± 1.7	0.76
Small intestine, full	421.7 ± 17.8	482.5 ± 31.3	0.02
Small intestine, empty	328.5 ± 10.5	370.3 ± 20.3	0.03
Cecum, full	47.9 ± 2.5	51.0 ± 3.5	0.67
Cecum, empty	18.8 ± 1.1	19 ± 0.9	0.89
Colon, full	80.4 ± 4.2	96.8 ± 7.5	0.08
Colon, empty	47.2 ± 2.4	50.3 ± 3	0.54
Total gastro-intestinal tract, full	696.2 ± 27.3	790.9 ± 45.9	0.02
Total gastro-intestinal tract, empty	437.7 ± 14.3	484.3 ± 23	0.03
Intestine length, m
Small intestine	7.8 ± 0.2	8.3 ± 0.2	0.096
Large intestine1	1.2 ± 0.02	1.3 ± 0.03	0.046
Total gastro-intestinal tract	9 ± 0.2	9.6 ± 0.2	0.05