Table 2. Body biometry and post-mortem organ weights in 4 year old offspring.

	HBCS (n=14)	LBCS (n=10)	P value
Body biometry
Age, wk	210.2 ± 1.1	210.4 ± 1.0	0.90
Weight, kg	80.54 ± 1.78	82.50 ± 1.45	0.43
BCS (1-5 units)	2.61 (2.41-2.88)	2.64 (2.50-2.80)	0.96
Fat depth (mm)	3.4 ± 0.4	3.3 ± 0.3	0.90
Muscle depth (mm)	29.2 ± 0.9	32.3 ± 0.7	0.02 *
Organ weights (as % of body weight)
Left kidney	0.116 ± 0.003	0.110 ± 0.003	0.57
Right kidney	0.113 ± 0.003	0.112 ± 0.002	0.85
Liver	1.11 ± 0.03	1.08 ± 0.03	0.89
Heart	0.44 ± 0.02	0.49 ± 0.03	0.15
Lung	1.10 ± 0.09 (11)1	1.17 ± 0.12 (9)	0.62
Gastrocnemius muscle	0.077 ± 0.004	0.081 ± 0.003	0.47
Soleus muscle	0.0037 ± 0.0002	0.0038 ± 0.0004	0.87

Measurements on offspring of high body condition score (HBCS) and low body condition score (LBCS) ewes.

^*P<0.05. Bracketed numbers indicate where group size is different from maximum. Data are shown as the mean ± SEM, except for body condition score (BCS) which is shown as the geometric mean (95 % CI).