. 2021 Aug 8;100(11):101417. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101417

Table 5.

Effect of stocking density on intestinal weight and length of geese at 14 d of age.¹

Item	Stocking density (birds/m²)					SEM	P-value
Item	15	20	25	30	35	SEM	P-value
Duodenum weight (g)	5.55	5.34	5.05	4.85	4.72	0.12	0.168
Jejunum weight (g)	15.58	14.45	13.90	13.13	13.91	0.33	0.233
Ileum weight (g)	10.12	9.24	9.88	8.92	9.78	0.24	0.531
Cecum weight (g)	3.18^a	2.62^ab	2.13^b	2.04^b	2.30^b	0.11	0.006
Total intestine weight (g)	36.17^a	31.64^b	30.96^b	28.95^b	30.72^b	0.77	0.031
Duodenum length (cm)	23.50	23.67	24.17	25.00	23.17	0.31	0.401
Jejunum length (cm)	63.40	59.25	60.17	58.67	58.66	0.74	0.270
Ileum length (cm)	52.92	51.08	52.17	51.17	52.83	0.89	0.949
Cecum length (cm)	15.08	13.67	13.75	13.83	14.58	0.23	0.219
Total intestine length (cm)	151.20	147.67	150.25	148.67	149.25	1.34	0.948

^{a, b}

Means with different superscripts within the same column differ significantly (P < 0.05).

Each value represents the mean of 6 replicates.