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

Table 3.

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

Index	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
Duodenum	Weight (g)	4.55 ± 0.26^a	4.47 ± 0.10^ab	4.32 ± 0.40^ab	3.54 ± 0.19^b	3.97 ± 0.15^ab	3.80 ± 0.22^ab	3.70 ± 0.15^ab
	Index (%)	0.63 ± 0.02^b	0.73 ± 0.03^ab	0.72 ± 0.04^ab	0.81 ± 0.06^a	0.71 ± 0.01^ab	0.67 ± 0.04^ab	0.70 ± 0.01^ab
	Length (cm)	23.00 ± 0.22	23.13 ± 1.48	21.67 ± 0.88	20.00 ± 0.96	20.33 ± 0.67	19.50 ± 0.48	20.50 ± 1.20
Jejunum	Weight (g)	15.64 ± 0.34^a	13.63 ± 0.52^ab	14.00 ± 0.79^ab	13.61 ± 0.52^ab	11.73 ± 0.41^bc	12.31 ± 0.61^b	9.69 ± 0.36^c
	Index (%)	2.16 ± 0.03^ab	2.23 ± 0.04^ab	2.39 ± 0.19^a	2.42 ± 0.14^a	2.12 ± 0.09^ab	2.16 ± 0.05^ab	1.83 ± 0.06^b
	Length (cm)	58.58 ± 3.10	56.75 ± 1.97	55.08 ± 1.07	56.00 ± 2.92	51.17 ± 0.46	57.50 ± 1.14	52.00 ± 1.46
Ileum	Weight (g)	15.13 ± 0.42^a	12.68 ± 0.94^ab	12.21 ± 0.72^b	11.93 ± 0.46^b	11.78 ± 0.65^b	10.05 ± 0.41^bc	8.45 ± 0.39^c
	Index (%)	2.09 ± 0.01^ab	2.07 ± 0.11^ab	2.05 ± 0.08^ab	2.12 ± 0.10^a	2.13 ± 0.11^a	1.77 ± 0.01^bc	1.59 ± 0.04^c
	Length (cm)	55.67 ± 3.13^a	52.00 ± 1.10^ab	53.25 ± 1.09^ab	49.17 ± 1.70^ab	49.67 ± 2.07^ab	50.33 ± 0.42^ab	46.67 ± 1.31^b
Cecum	Weight (g)	3.41 ± 0.13^a	2.79 ± 0.04^ab	2.34 ± 0.30^bc	1.92 ± 0.21^c	2.05 ± 0.16^bc	1.91 ± 0.13^c	1.99 ± 0.17^c
	Index (%)	0.47 ± 0.01^a	0.46 ± 0.02^a	0.39 ± 0.05^ab	0.33 ± 0.03^c	0.37 ± 0.03^bc	0.33 ± 0.02^c	0.37 ± 0.02^bc
	Length (cm)	33.33 ± 1.12^a	30.00 ± 0.37^ab	29.50 ± 0.80^ab	28.42 ± 0.70^b	28.50 ± 1.28^ab	29.83 ± 1.60^ab	26.50 ± 1.38^b
Rectum	Weight (g)	3.34 ± 0.18^a	2.80 ± 0.09^ab	2.84 ± 0.09^ab	2.87 ± 0.18^ab	2.90 ± 0.10^ab	2.39 ± 0.09^bc	2.01 ± 0.05^c
	Index (%)	0.46 ± 0.03^abc	0.46 ± 0.01^abc	0.48 ± 0.01^ab	0.51 ± 0.04^ab	0.52 ± 0.02^a	0.42 ± 0.02^bc	0.38 ± 0.01^c
	Length (cm)	10.67 ± 0.53^a	9.00 ± 0.41^b	8.00 ± 0.52^bc	6.33 ± 0.31^d	6.50 ± 0.26^cd	7.17 ± 0.21^cd	6.33 ± 0.17^d

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,d

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