Table 6.

Effect of porcine bile acids on organ coefficients in laying hens¹.

Items	Bile acids (mg/kg)					SEM	P -Value
	0	60	300	600	3,000		ANOVA	Linear	Quadratic
Heart (%)	0.42	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.38	0.01	0.320	0.060	0.074
Liver (%)	2.17	2.04	2.00	2.17	1.98	0.05	0.701	0.954	0.190
Spleen (%)	0.12	0.10	0.11	0.10	0.12	0.01	0.301	0.371	0.542
Lung (%)	0.32	0.37	0.36	0.36	0.37	0.01	0.433	0.110	0.240
Kidney (%)	0.69	0.70	0.66	0.67	0.66	0.01	0.757	0.522	0.823
Pancreas (%)	0.26	0.22	0.25	0.23	0.24	0.01	0.225	0.744	0.789
Ovary (%)	2.92a	2.95a	3.03a	2.89a	2.43b	0.06	0.004	<0.001	<0.001
Oviduct (%)	4.54	4.35	4.21	4.46	4.38	0.11	0.873	0.890	0.992

¹Data represent the mean value of 6 replicates of 2 hens each. Organ coefficient is expressed as the ratio of organ weight to live body weight. SEM means standard error of the mean.

^{a, b}Means within a row column with no common superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).