Table 2: Effect of diet on dam absolute and normalised body weight, organ weight colon crypt length and goblet cells number and gastrointestinal tract length (mean ± SE, expressed in mg/g or cm/g total body weight).
| Treatments* |
GOS |
CMO |
P-value |
LSD |
| Body weight (g) |
40.0 ± 1.1 |
42.7 ± 11 |
0.3 |
4.2 |
| Uterus weight (mg/g) |
183 ± 17 |
170 ± 12 |
0.2 |
52 |
| Number of foetus |
5.7 ± 0.4 |
6.2 ± 0.5 |
0.4 |
1.4 |
| Foetus weight (mg/g) |
131 ± 20 |
98 ± 8 |
0.03 |
44 |
| Spleen weight (mg/g) |
2 ± 0.07 |
2 ± 0.09 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
| Liver weight (mg/g) |
4.8 ± 0.3 |
4.4 ± 0.2 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
| MLN weight (mg/g) |
0.4 ± 0.04 |
0.6 ± 0.1 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
| GIT length (cm/g) |
1.31 ± 1.3 |
1.35 ± 1.4 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
| GIT weight (mg/g) |
124 ± 10 |
136 ± 4 |
0.03 |
18 |
| Goblet cells number |
22.6 ± 1.8 |
19.6 ± 1.0 |
0.1 |
4.4 |
| Crypt size (µm) |
184.2 ± 7.5 |
175.4 ± 3.5 |
0.2 |
17.7 |
* GOS and CMOF containing diet were identified as GOS and CMO, respectively (n= GOS, 5; CMO, 6)