Nutrient digestibility, organ morphometry and performance in vaccinated or non-vaccinated Lawsonia intracellularis infected piglets

Table 5 Morphometric parameters and relations between morphometric parameters as well as relations to performance in piglets

	Total value and relations of parameters
Parameter /Organ	Vac		Non-vac/cs-		Non-vac/cs+
Parameter /Organ	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Length (m)
Nose-rump	0.89	0.03	0.90	0.03	0.90	0.05
Small intestine	15.9^ab	1.57	14.6^b	1.12	16.2^a	1.37
Caecum	0.22	0.02	0.21	0.02	0.21	0.01
Colon	3.03	0.39	2.98	0.28	2.96	0.31
Relation body weight to nose rump and organ length (kg/m)
Nose-rump	30.4^a	1.44	29.7^ab	1.59	28.2^b	2.02
Small intestine	1.72^ab	0.21	1.83^a	0.17	1.56^b	0.12
Caecum	123	7.83	126	18.9	123	11.3
Colon	8.98	0.95	9.03	1.11	8.60	1.03
Relation ADG to nose rump and organ length (g/m)
Nose-rump	1010^a	78.6	953^ab	71.7	875^b	128
Small intestine	57.1^a	9.44	58.7^a	6.57	48.3^b	6.85
Caecum	4070	300	4056	635	3808	622
Colon	299	45.9	289	35.1	267	48.7

Vac vaccinated with Enterisol® Ileitis, Non-vac/cs- not vaccinated, clinically no signs, Non-vac/cs + not vaccinated, clinical signs
^a,bValues within a row with different superscripts differ significantly at P < 0.05

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