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Table 1 Growth and slaughter performances and chemical composition of the livers according to the experimental group

From: The intestinal microbial composition in Greylag geese differs with steatosis induction mode: spontaneous or induced by overfeeding

 

Conventional

Alternative

P

Cconv

(n = 12)

OF

(n = 16)

Calt

(n = 11)

NegSF

(n = 9)

PosSF

(n = 10)

Growth and slaughter performances

 BW (g)

5279 ± 462a

8014 ± 424b

5589 ± 543a

6267 ± 502c

8835 ± 858d

***

 Liver (g)

149 ± 22a

990 ± 213b

126 ± 17c

98 ± 10d

269 ± 56e

***

%BW

2.8 ± 0.3a

12.4 ± 2.9b

2.3 ± 0.4c

1.6 ± 0.1d

3.0 ± 0.4a

***

 Abdominal fat (g)

112 ± 39a

ND

76 ± 25b

236 ± 51c

630 ± 108d

***

%BW

2.1 ± 0.8a

ND

1.4 ± 0.5b

3.8 ± 0.7c

7.1 ± 1.0d

***

 Crop volume (mL)

306 ± 65

ND

264 ± 54

279 ± 70

249 ± 66

NS

Chemical composition of the liver

 DM (%)

31.0 ± 1.3a

64.8 ± 3.5b

31.7 ± 1.4a

31.0 ± 1.1a

46.5 ± 6.7c

***

 MM (%)

1.1 ± 0.1a

0.4 ± 0.1b

1.1 ± 0.1ac

1.0 ± 0.1c

0.6 ± 0.2d

***

 Lipids (%)

4.5 ± 0.8a

53.9 ± 4.9b

4.6 ± 0.5a

5.3 ± 0.6c

26.8 ± 9.5d

***

 Total nitrogen (%)

16.1 ± 1.9a

8.0 ± 1.6b

15.4 ± 1.5a

18.1 ± 2.1c

12.6 ± 2.0d

***

 Total glucose (μmol/g)

633 ± 134a

86 ± 27b

607 ± 116ac

459 ± 125cd

380 ± 97d

***

μmol/g fat free liver

605 ± 127a

40 ± 17b

579 ± 111ac

434 ± 117cd

285 ± 97d

***

 Free glucose (μmol/g)

70 ± 11a

34 ± 7b

47 ± 7c

84 ± 10d

51 ± 9c

***

μmol/g fat free liver

67 ± 11a

16 ± 4b

45 ± 6c

80 ± 10d

38 ± 10c

***

 Glycogen (μmol/g)

563 ± 135a

51 ± 27b

560 ± 113a

375 ± 130c

328 ± 93c

***

μmol/g fat free liver

538 ± 128a

25 ± 16b

534 ± 108a

355 ± 123c

247 ± 89c

***

 Lactate (μmol/g)

6.9 ± 1.5a

9.6 ± 2.0bc

6.7 ± 0.8a

10.5 ± 0.8b

8.0 ± 1.5ac

***

μmol/g fat free liver

6.6 ± 1.5a

4.4 ± .01b

6.4 ± 0.8a

10.0 ± 0.7c

5.8 ± 1.4a

***

  1. Values are presented as Mean ± SD
  2. Cconv Control group before overfeeding, OF Overfed group, Calt Control group before Ad libitum corn mixture feeding, NegSF Negative response group to spontaneous fattening induction, PosSF Positive response group to spontaneous fattening induction, BW Body Weight, DM Dry Matter, MM Mineral Matter, ND Not Determined
  3. *** P < 0.001, NS Not Significant
  4. Means within a row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05)