. 2022 Dec 6;102(2):102382. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2022.102382

Table 2.

Organ weight and index of 21-day-old Yangzhou goslings under T-2 toxin exposure from birth.

Organ	Item	0 mg/kg T-2	0.2 mg/kg T-2	0.4 mg/kg T-2	0.6 mg/kg T-2	0.8 mg/kg T-2	1.0 mg/kg T-2	2.0 mg/kg T-2
Heart	Weight (g)	5.56 ± 0.21	5.46 ± 0.25	5.35 ± 0.05	5.27 ± 0.23	5.20 ± 0.36	5.29 ± 0.17	5.05 ± 0.10
	Index (%)	0.77 ± 0.01^b	0.90 ± 0.04^ab	0.91 ± 0.03^ab	0.93 ± 0.03^a	0.94 ± 0.06^a	0.93 ± 0.02^a	0.95 ± 0.02^a
Liver	Weight (g)	24.05 ± 0.23^a	17.61 ± 0.12^bc	18.00 ± 0.71^b	18.22 ± 0.82^b	17.30 ± 0.29^bc	18.32 ± 0.16^b	15.86 ± 0.22^c
	Index (%)	3.34 ± 0.13	2.90 ± 0.14	3.05 ± 0.15	3.26 ± 0.25	3.13 ± 0.07	3.24 ± 0.10	3.00 ± 0.05
Spleen	Weight (g)	1.22 ± 0.06^a	0.74 ± 0.02^b	0.74 ± 0.08^b	0.82 ± 0.12^b	0.66 ± 0.07^b	0.67 ± 0.10^b	0.84 ± 0.01^b
	Index (%)	0.17 ± 0.01	0.12 ± 0.01	0.13 ± 0.01	0.14 ± 0.02	0.12 ± 0.01	0.12 ± 0.02	0.16 ± 0.01
Lung	Weight (g)	4.03 ± 0.09^bc	3.94 ± 0.25^c	3.93 ± 0.32^c	5.45 ± 0.06^a	5.19 ± 0.18^a	5.04 ± 0.10^ab	4.78 ± 0.39^abc
	Index (%)	0.56 ± 0.01^b	0.65 ± 0.06^b	0.67 ± 0.07^b	0.97 ± 0.06^a	0.94 ± 0.02^a	0.89 ± 0.03^a	0.90 ± 0.06^a
Kidney	Weight (g)	7.11 ± 0.14	7.16 ± 0.06	7.54 ± 0.49	7.20 ± 0.29	7.07 ± 0.39	6.92 ± 0.47	6.85 ± 0.38
	Index (%)	0.98 ± 0.03^b	1.18 ± 0.04^ab	1.27 ± 0.08^a	1.29 ± 0.09^a	1.27 ± 0.04^a	1.21 ± 0.05^ab	1.29 ± 0.06^a
Gizzard	Weight (g)	40.93 ± 3.14^a	30.32 ± 0.64^bc	30.36 ± 0.57^bc	32.61 ± 1.55^b	23.90 ± 1.70^c	30.85 ± 0.12^bc	26.45 ± 1.43^bc
	Index (%)	5.62 ± 0.31^a	4.99 ± 0.22^ab	5.15 ± 0.21^ab	5.78 ± 0.29^a	4.31 ± 0.24^b	5.46 ± 0.17^a	4.99 ± 0.23^ab
Proventriculus	Weight (g)	5.22 ± 0.04^ab	5.00 ± 0.10^ab	5.74 ± 0.27^a	5.56 ± 0.01^ab	4.84 ± 0.35^b	5.31 ± 0.07^ab	5.71 ± 0.24^a
	Index (%)	0.72 ± 0.03^c	0.82 ± 0.04^bc	0.98 ± 0.07^ab	0.99 ± 0.06^ab	0.87 ± 0.04^bc	0.94 ± 0.03^ab	1.08 ± 0.03^a
Bursa	Weight (g)	1.00 ± 0.08^a	0.65 ± 0.03^b	0.69 ± 0.08^b	0.57 ± 0.06^b	0.71 ± 0.02^b	0.74 ± 0.02^b	0.76 ± 0.04^b
	Index (%)	0.14 ± 0.01^ab	0.11 ± 0.01^b	0.12 ± 0.01^ab	0.10 ± 0.01^b	0.13 ± 0.00^ab	0.13 ± 0.01^ab	0.14 ± 0.01^a
Pancreas	Weight (g)	2.62 ± 0.08	3.04 ± 0.04	2.76 ± 0.18	2.72 ± 0.16	2.69 ± 0.06	2.81 ± 0.06	2.60 ± 0.16
	Index (%)	0.36 ± 0.01^b	0.50 ± 0.02^a	0.47 ± 0.04^a	0.48 ± 0.02^a	0.49 ± 0.01^a	0.50 ± 0.02^a	0.49 ± 0.02^a

Note: The values used for ANOVA analysis are presented as the means ± SEM and the values used for the non-parametric test are presented as medians (interquartile range). N = 6.

^a,b,c

Means within a row with no common superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05).