Table 2.

Relative organ weights after oral administration of P. copri for 29 days.

Organ weight	Control	Pasteurized	Live
Pancreas/BW (%)	0.823 ± 0.057	0.847 ± 0.063	0.955 ± 0.045
Heart/BW (%)	0.536 ± 0.011	0.534 ± 0.018	0.573 ± 0.028
Lung/BW (%)	0.531 ± 0.024	0.633 ± 0.036	0.619 ± 0.033
Spleen/BW (%)	0.246 ± 0.012	0.268 ± 0.013	0.276 ± 0.010
Kidneys/BW (%)	1.206 ± 0.034	1.237 ± 0.029	1.266 ± 0.031
Liver/BW (%)	5.005 ± 0.103	4.574 ± 0.096*	4.347 ± 0.197*
Testes + epididymes/BW (%)	0.928 ± 0.032	0.888 ± 0.039	0.922 ± 0.019
Epididymal fat/BW (%)	1.178 ± 0.078	1.177 ± 0.081	1.150 ± 0.082
Brain/BW (%)	1.222 ± 0.055	1.192 ± 0.025	1.169 ± 0.013

Values are presented as mean ± SEM of 10 replicates.

BW body weight.

*Mean values were significantly different from the control group (p-value < 0.05).