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Table 1 Effects on the body weight and intestinal growth of ducks

From: Effects of floor- and net-rearing systems on intestinal growth and microbial diversity in the ceca of ducks

Week

System

Body

Segment

System

Relative

Relative

Relative Weight/

Weight

Length

Weight

Relative Length

(kg)

(cm/kg)

(g/kg)

(cm/g)

4

FRS

1.07 ± 0.12

Duodenum

FRS

26.05 ± 1.86

4.34 ± 0.34

0.17 ± 0.02

NRS

1.02 ± 0.10

 

NRS

26.01 ± 1.35

4.16 ± 0.66

0.15 ± 0.02

P value

0.03

 

P value

0.90

0.12

0.02

  

Jejunum

FRS

63.59 ± 4.08

11.48 ± 1.09

0.18 ± 0.02

   

NRS

63.88 ± 3.09

10.86 ± 1.43

0.17 ± 0.02

   

P value

0.71

0.03

0.02

  

Ileum

FRS

60.78 ± 4.07

10.62 ± 0.78

0.18 ± 0.01

   

NRS

61.38 ± 3.31

10.33 ± 0.99

0.17 ± 0.02

   

P value

0.46

0.13

0.01

  

Ceca

FRS

13.76 ± 1.43

1.80 ± 0.58

0.13 ± 0.05

   

NRS

13.77 ± 1.06

1.20 ± 0.32

0.09 ± 0.02

   

P value

0.98

0.00

0.00

8

FRS

2.11 ± 0.21

Duodenum

FRS

12.98 ± 0.88

2.66 ± 0.21

0.21 ± 0.02

NRS

2.35 ± 0.24

 

NRS

11.94 ± 0.65

2.33 ± 0.18

0.20 ± 0.01

P value

0.19

 

P value

0.00

0.00

0.00

  

Jejunum

FRS

32.46 ± 3.32

6.31 ± 0.50

0.20 ± 0.01

   

NRS

28.95 ± 1.62

4.97 ± 0.36

0.18 ± 0.01

   

P value

0.00

0.00

0.00

  

Ileum

FRS

31.68 ± 2.11

5.91 ± 0.34

0.19 ± 0.01

   

NRS

27.77 ± 1.74

4.81 ± 0.37

0.18 ± 0.01

   

P value

0.00

0.00

0.00

  

Ceca

FRS

14.83 ± 1.09

1.43 ± 0.16

0.10 ± 0.01

   

NRS

13.36 ± 0.86

1.23 ± 0.13

0.10 ± 0.01

   

P value

0.00

0.00

0.03

13

FRS

2.39 ± 0.26

Duodenum

FRS

13.77 ± 1.06

2.29 ± 0.23

0.21 ± 0.01

NRS

2.37 ± 0.26

 

NRS

10.91 ± 0.91

1.93 ± 0.23

0.18 ± 0.01

P value

0.73

 

P value

0.28

0.00

0.00

  

Jejunum

FRS

11.16 ± 0.82

5.50 ± 0.58

0.20 ± 0.01

   

NRS

27.63 ± 2.55

4.19 ± 0.66

0.17 ± 0.01

   

P value

0.11

0.00

0.00

  

Ileum

FRS

27.59 ± 1.99

5.20 ± 0.56

0.19 ± 0.01

   

NRS

25.82 ± 2.15

4.05 ± 0.68

0.17 ± 0.01

   

P value

0.00

0.00

0.00

  

Ceca

FRS

12.28 ± 1.06

1.27 ± 0.18

0.11 ± 0.01

   

NRS

11.84 ± 1.00

1.25 ± 0.16

0.11 ± 0.01

   

P value

0.10

0.59

0.03

  1. Note: FRS represents the floor-rearing system, and NRS represents the net-rearing system. n = 30