Some Gastrointestinal Tract Characteristics of Karayaka Ram Lambs Slaughtered at Different Weights

Table 4

Ratios between the whole GIT and selected segments in the Karayaka ram lambs slaughtered at different weights.

Variable	Slaughter weight categories (kg)					SEM^(1)	𝑃
	30 (𝑛=7)	35 (𝑛=6)	40 (𝑛=7)	45 (𝑛=6)	50 (𝑛=5)		𝐿^(2)	𝑄^(3)
IL to BL	58.7	57.6	58.7	55.9	52.3	0.97	NS	NS
SW to GITW	14.5	13.6	13.6	14.0	14.2	0.36	NS	*
IW to GITW	19.8	16.3	15.5	13.8	14.4	0.58	**	NS
IL to IW	3.2	3.0	2.8	2.7	3.0	0.06	NS	*

IL to BL: intestine length to body length ratio; SW to GITW: stomach weight to gastrointestinal weight ratio; IW to GITW: intestine weight to gastrointestinal weight ratio; IL to IW: intestine length to intestine weight ratio.
⁽¹⁾Standard error of the mean; ⁽²⁾linear and ⁽³⁾quadratic effects of increasing slaughter weight; NS: nonsignificant (𝑃>0.05); ^∗𝑃<0.05; ^∗∗𝑃<0.01.