Biological Characteristics of Captive Chinese Wuzhishan Minipigs (Sus scrofa)

Table 8

Organ absolute weight and organ coefficients (group mean values) of outbred WZS minipigs.

Parameter	Aged 5–9 months			Aged 10–15 months			Aged 16–20 months			ANOVA of total values,
	Total	♂ ()	♀ ()	Total	♂ ()	♀ ()	Total	♂ ()	♀ ()
Age, month	8.24 ± 0.34	8.19 ± 0.25	8.31 ± 0.43	13.55 ± 1.06	13.78 ± 1.09	12.80 ± 0.45	17.96 ± 1.84	18.93 ± 1.13	16.83 ± 1.94	—
Body weight (kg)	20.33 ± 5.44	19.17 ± 5.06	21.28 ± 5.75	31.98 ± 6.95	31.51 ± 6.00	33.48 ± 10.13*	36.73 ± 7.13	35.64 ± 5.76	38.00 ± 8.87	<0.0001
Heart
Weight (g)	92.36 ± 20.89	91.29 ± 21.19	93.31 ± 21.23	111.09 ± 17.36	106.92 ± 15.06	126.73 ± 18.37	117.86 ± 24.52	109.56 ± 16.95	127.55 ± 29.81	<0.0001
Coefficients (%)	0.45 ± 0.14	0.48 ± 0.13	0.45 ± 0.09	0.35 ± 0.050	0.35 ± 0.06	0.35 ± 0.02	0.32 ± 0.036	0.31 ± 0.03	0.34 ± 0.04	<0.0001
Lung
Weight (g)	174.91 ± 56.39	153.86 ± 61.85	194.72 ± 43.74*	223.18 ± 44.25	219.70 ± 47.99	237.10 ± 23.79	221.24 ± 60.89	223.16 ± 43.23	219.00 ± 81.51	<0.0001
Coefficients (%)	0.89 ± 0.34	0.79 ± 0.19	0.99 ± 0.42	0.70 ± 0.16	0.71 ± 0.16	0.66 ± 0.16	0.60 ± 0.12	0.63 ± 0.10	0.57 ± 0.13	<0.0001
Liver
Weight (g)	359.31 ± 81.32	339.50 ± 83.02	377.95 ± 77.54	454.46 ± 88.28	439.42 ± 89.23	507.10 ± 70.08	483.50 ± 90.63	489.73 ± 85.62	476.23 ± 103.90	<0.0001
Coefficients (%)	1.81 ± 0.29	1.78 ± 0.19	1.84 ± 0.36	1.42 ± 0.21	1.42 ± 0.23	1.39 ± 0.14	1.33 ± 0.19	1.38 ± 0.16	1.27 ± 0.23	0.0002
Spleen
Weight (g)	36.37 ± 8.34	35.14 ± 8.18	37.46 ± 8.57	52.91 ± 13.18	51.46 ± 13.85	57.98 ± 10.45	58.96 ± 17.07	58.54 ± 15.15	59.46 ± 20.57	<0.0001
Coefficients (%)	0.19 ± 0.048	0.19 ± 0.04	0.18 ± 0.06	0.17 ± 0.044	0.17 ± 0.05	0.16 ± 0.02	0.16 ± 0.049	0.16 ± 0.02	0.16 ± 0.07	0.2443
Kidney (L)
Weight (g)	39.76 ± 10.38	36.19 ± 9.71	43.10 ± 10.14	60.30 ± 14.78	56.04 ± 13.72	73.08 ± 10.31*	61.51 ± 15.21	64.91 ± 16.61	57.55 ± 13.74	<0.0001
Coefficients (%)	0.20 ± 0.069	0.19 ± 0.03	0.20 ± 0.07	0.19 ± 0.060	0.18 ± 0.04	0.22 ± 0.09	0.17 ± 0.033	0.18 ± 0.04	0.16 ± 0.02	0.2793
Kidney (R)
Weight (g)	40.64 ± 11.09	36.69 ± 10.29	44.34 ± 10.81	60.73 ± 13.47	56.98 ± 13.05	71.96 ± 7.43*	62.15 ± 14.03	63.02 ± 17.45	61.12 ± 10.25	<0.0001
Coefficients (%)	0.20 ± 0.074	0.19 ± 0.03	0.21 ± 0.07	0.19 ± 0.057	0.18 ± 0.04	0.21 ± 0.09	0.17 ± 0.035	0.18 ± 0.04	0.16 ± 0.03	0.2212
Stomach
Weight (g)	190.76 ± 34.04	194.52 ± 38.44	186.65 ± 29.81	245.42 ± 46.42	241.94 ± 48.83	256.73 ± 41.66	258.42 ± 65.05	234.47 ± 43.29	286.35 ± 78.53	<0.0001
Coefficients (%)	0.94 ± 0.28	1.01 ± 0.29	0.88 ± 0.27	0.77 ± 0.18	0.77 ± 0.20	0.77 ± 0.09	0.70 ± 0.12	0.66 ± 0.05	0.75 ± 0.17	<0.0001

Note: results of -test and comparisons between males and females of the same age ranges. *.