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

Table 6 Organ mass and relation of body weight and average daily gains to mass of organs

Parameter / Organ	Total value and relations of parameters
	Vac		Non-vac/cs-		Non-vac/cs+
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Mass (g)
Stomach	236	31.2	243	22.6	230	22.1
Small intestine	1173	82.7	1142	124	1165	173
Caecum	74.8^a	8.94	72.8^a	14.6	60.2^b	9.41
Colon	418	78.9	439	57.8	400	58.0
Relation body weight to organ mass (g/g)
Stomach	115	10.6	110	7.40	110	7.46
Small intestine	23.1	1.95	23.5	2.60	22.0	2.72
Caecum	363^b	32.2	376^ab	54.0	429^a	71.6
Colon	66.3	11.6	61.3	4.65	64.2	9.48
Relation ADG to organ mass (g/g)
Stomach	3.83^a	0.48	3.53^ab	0.31	3.39^b	0.34
Small intestine	0.76	0.06	0.75	0.09	0.68	0.12
Caecum	12.0	1.00	12.0	1.67	13.3	3.15
Colon	2.22	0.50	1.96	0.17	1.99	0.43

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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