Table 1.

Effects of LFM on macroscopic intestine organ parameters of weaned piglets^a

Item	CON	LFM	P-value
Body weight, kg	13.86 ± 0.42	15.11 ± 0.62	0.002
Intestine indicesb, %
Stomach	0.96 ± 0.17	0.97 ± 0.21	0.931
Duodenum	0.13 ± 0.03	0.13 ± 0.01	0.827
Jejunum	4.41 ± 0.37	5.11 ± 0.49	0.020
Ileum	0.26 ± 0.01	0.29 ± 0.02	0.062
Cecum	1.17 ± 0.21	0.99 ± 0.18	0.152
Colon	2.56 ± 0.24	2.96 ± 0.29	0.031
Small intestine	4.81 ± 0.39	5.54 ± 0.49	0.018
Large intestine	3.74 ± 0.25	3.96 ± 0.31	0.229
Total gastro-intestinal tract	9.52 ± 0.51	10.48 ± 0.41	0.005
Intestine length, cm
Stomach	13.5 ± 1.9	15 ± 1.8	0.209
Duodenum	28.5 ± 2.2	29.6 ± 0.8	0.262
Jejunum	1274.1 ± 30.6	1367.3 ± 48.2	0.003
Ileum	50 ± 4.8	55.1 ± 3.3	0.056
Cecum	12.8 ± 2.4	14.5 ± 2.8	0.302
Colon	225.8 ± 12.9	236.5 ± 17.2	0.253
Small intestine	1352.3 ± 35.0	1452.1 ± 46.8	0.002
Large intestine	238.6 ± 12.3	251.1 ± 16.1	0.167
Total gastro-intestinal tract	1591.3 ± 47.3	1703.1 ± 48.7	0.002

^aValues are presented as mean ± SEM, n = 6; CON, a control group; LFM, a lactic acid bacteria-fermented formula milk supplementation group

^bIntestine indices refer to the ratio of Intesti nal organ weight to the final body weight