Effects of different starch structures on energy metabolism in pigs

Table 3 Effect of dietary starch structure on carcass and body composition weight of pigs

Item	ISG	CON	AR					SEM	P-value
Item	ISG	CON	3.09	1.47	0.25	0.15	0.12	SEM	P-value
Live wt, kg	10.45	25.13	26.60	26.72	27.01	27.84	26.96	0.26	0.077
Hot carcass wt, kg	7.96	19.16^c	19.55^bc	19.94^abc	20.81^ab	21.47^a	20.77^ab	0.23	0.020
Dressing percentage, %	76.13	76.23^a	73.43^b	74.68^b	77.02^a	77.13^a	77.01^a	0.28	< 0.001
Chilled carcass wt, kg	7.86	18.97^c	19.30^bc	19.72^abc	20.56^ab	21.13^a	20.51^ab	0.22	0.025
Blood wt, kg	0.52	1.38	1.52	1.51	1.45	1.49	1.49	0.03	0.706
Full viscera wt, kg	1.03	2.69^b	3.55^a	3.27^a	2.79^b	2.78^b	2.58^b	0.07	< 0.001
Full viscera wt, % of live wt	9.82	10.73^b	13.39^a	12.23^a	10.34^b	10.01^b	9.59^b	0.24	< 0.001
Empty viscera wt, kg	0.82	2.03	2.18	2.05	2.02	1.89	1.96	0.04	0.455
Empty viscera wt, % of live wt	7.83	8.09^a	8.20^a	7.67^ab	7.50^ab	6.80^b	7.27^ab	0.15	0.009
Liver wt, kg	0.25	0.60^b	0.65^ab	0.65^ab	0.65^ab	0.70^a	0.67^a	0.01	0.033
Heart wt, kg	0.09	0.12	0.13	0.12	0.12	0.13	0.13	0.00	0.199
Kidney wt, kg	0.07	0.16	0.15	0.16	0.16	0.17	0.17	0.00	0.662
Lungs wt, kg	0.21	0.48	0.49	0.49	0.52	0.53	0.53	0.01	0.235
Spleen wt, kg	0.03	0.06	0.05	0.06	0.06	0.07	0.07	0.00	0.599
Total wt, kg	10.24	24.81	26.31	26.41	26.73	27.50	26.65	0.26	0.085

AR Amylose/amylopectin ratio, CON Control group, ISG Initial slaughter group, wt Weight, Total wt Sum of measured hot carcass weight, and the weight of blood, full viscera, liver, heart, kidney, lungs, and spleen
^a–c Means within a row with different superscripts significantly different (P < 0.05)

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