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. 2021 Oct 17;99(11):skab292. doi: 10.1093/jas/skab292

Table 4.

Relative visceral organ weights of nursery pigs fed diets with different fiber solubility and lipid sources1

Item, g/ kg body weight SBP SBH SEM P-value
SBO CWG SBO CWG Fiber Lipid F × L2
Heart 5.85 5.75 5.56 5.45 0.108 0.070 0.511 0.984
Liver 27.10 26.37 24.62 26.64 0.609 0.211 0.463 0.121
Spleen 2.10 2.14 1.99 2.20 0.085 0.857 0.335 0.476
Stomach 9.03 9.37 8.22 8.72 0.185 0.010 0.126 0.779
Small intestine 47.92 52.51 44.82 47.30 1.613 0.079 0.133 0.649
Cecum 2.89 3.00 3.00 2.91 0.115 0.959 0.935 0.572
Large intestine 16.96 17.26 15.30 15.85 0.546 0.057 0.582 0.873

1SBP, sugar beet pulp; SBH, soybean hulls; SBO, soybean oil; and CWG, choice white grease.

2F × L, fiber by lipid interaction.