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

Table 5

Organ weight following adjustment for rat body weight. Rats were gavaged daily with 0.5 mL of Water, Olive Oil, or Emu Oil throughout the experimental period (days 0–12) and administered water or Indomethacin (Indo; 8 mg/kg) daily from day 5.

Weight (%)	Water + Water	Indo + Water	Indo + Olive Oil	Indo + Emu Oil
Thymus	27 ± 1	12 ± 3***	13 ± 2	14 ± 2
Heart	42 ± 0	41 ± 2	42 ± 2	40 ± 1
Lungs	62 ± 3	59 ± 4	61 ± 4	57 ± 3
L Kidney	40 ± 1	43 ± 1	41 ± 1	41 ± 2
R Kidney	44 ± 4	42 ± 1	52 ± 6	42 ± 2
Liver	352 ± 9	533 ± 23***	525 ± 25	537 ± 29
Spleen	30 ± 1	56 ± 5***	58 ± 3	64 ± 5
Stomach	56 ± 2	66 ± 7	59 ± 11	57 ± 4
Duodenum	22 ± 1	37 ± 5*	49 ± 5	39 ± 6
SI	178 ± 5	263 ± 38***	330 ± 17	270 ± 40
Caecum	29 ± 1	43 ± 2***	46 ± 3	46 ± 3
Colon	38 ± 1	47 ± 1*	50 ± 2	49 ± 3

Data are expressed as mean (% relative to body weight) ± standard error of the mean.
All values ×10⁻². ***𝑃<0.001, *𝑃<0.05 compared to Water + Water.