Emu Oil Reduces Small Intestinal Inflammation in the Absence of Clinical Improvement in a Rat Model of Indomethacin-Induced Enteropathy

Table 2

Body weight (% change from starting body weight), total food (g) and water (mL) intake and total fecal (g) and urine (mL) output in normal rats during the period prior to Indomethacin administration (days 0–4). Rats were gavaged daily with Water, Olive Oil, or Emu Oil (0.5 mL).

	Water	Olive Oil	Emu Oil
Body weight (%)	14.8 ± 0.5	14.8 ± 0.6	14.4 ± 0.6
Food intake (g)	85.1 ± 1.5	83.4 ± 1.9	84.6 ± 2
Water intake (mL)	353.6 ± 38.9	429.4 ± 50.6	425.6 ± 58.6
Fecal ouput (g)	7.8 ± 0.4	6.1 ± 0.5*	7.1 ± 0.3
Urine ouput (mL)	65.2 ± 3.6	66.9 ± 6.5	68.2 ± 4.2

^∗𝑃<0.05 compared to Water group.
Data are expressed as mean (%, g or mL) ± standard error of the mean.