Research Article
Short-Term Evaluation in Growing Rats of Diet Containing Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ia12 Entomotoxin: Nutritional Responses and Some Safety Aspects
Table 5
Relative organ wet and dry weights (g/100 g wet or dry body weight) of rats fed the nonprotein (NPC), egg white (EW), and test (Cry1Ia12) diets.
| | Organ | | | Diet | | | NPC | EW | Cry1Ia12 |
| | Stomach | wet | 1.28 0.19 | 0.99 0.07 | 0.98 0.07 | | dry | 0.75 0.05 | 0.64 0.10 | 0.57 0.04 | | Intestine | wet | 5.84 0.51 | 4.06 0.44 | 4.49 0.51 | | dry | 2.96 0.19 | 2.32 0.30 | 2.36 0.27 | | Caecum and colon | wet | 2.14 0.33 | 1.97 0.36 | 1.98 0.18 | | dry | 1.12 0.20 | 1.04 0.10 | 1.04 0.08 | | Liver | wet | 5.13 0.66 | 5.43 0.58 | 4.95 0.40 | | dry | 4.70 0.40 | 4.49 0.40 | 4.41 0.40 | | Pancreas | wet | 0.29 0.07 | 0.42 0.12 | 0.36 0.07 | | dry | 0.30 0.05 | 0.35 0.06 | 0.33 0.08 | | Heart | wet | 0.55 0.04 | 0.50 0.05 | 0.52 0.03 | | dry | 0.39 0.03 | 0.31 0.04 | 0.34 0.02 | | Kidneys | wet | 1.26 0.08 | 1.02 0.07 | 1.09 0.16 | | dry | 0.95 0.08 | 0.69 0.07 | 0.76 0.11 | | Lungs | wet | 0.86 0.10 | 0.90 0.22 | 0.89 0.16 | | dry | 0.58 0.06 | 0.47 0.05 | 0.50 0.07 | | Thymus | wet | 0.23 0.08 | 0.42 0.04 | 0.40 0.06 | | dry | 0.18 0.05 | 0.28 0.05 | 0.29 0.04 | | Spleen | wet | 0.21 0.02 | 0.36 0.06 | 0.31 0.02 | | dry | 0.20 0.02 | 0.23 0.03 | 0.22 0.02 |
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Values in a row with different letters differ significantly (); .
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