Table 1.
Change in weight of live body, slaughter body, carcass and gastrointestinal content weight as a function of the time of feed withdrawal (n=10)

	Withdrawal time (hours)					SEM	P-value
	2	3	4	5	6		ANOVA	Linear	Quadratic
Weight of body
Pre-slaughter weight (g)	1,924.29a	1,893.57ab	1,864.29b	1,865.00b	1,825.71c	11.06	<0.001	<0.001	0.42
Carcass weight (g)	1,444.29	1,445.71	1,441.43	1,458.57	1,441.43	9.46	0.69	0.81	0.66
Carcass yield (%)	75.06c	76.35b	77.32ab	78.21ab	78.52a	0.27	<0.01	<0.001	0.17
Weight of gastrointestinal content (g)
Crop	8.95a	7.17b	6.80b	6.36b	6.60b	0.24	<0.01	<0.001	0.02
Proventriculus	9.61a	9.21ab	7.78abc	7.64bc	7.07c	0.30	<0.05	<0.01	0.69
Gizzard	21.29	22.85	23.61	20.74	23.04	0.69	0.66	0.78	0.71
Duodenum	17.21a	16.41ab	16.11ab	15.63ab	14.35b	0.36	0.14	<0.05	0.70
Jejunum	29.22a	23.93b	21.75b	20.43b	20.96b	0.73	<0.001	<0.001	<0.05
Ileum	19.26a	17.16ab	14.94b	10.76c	10.51c	0.69	<0.001	<0.001	0.78
Cecum	6.97	6.43	5.14	6.17	7.15	0.27	0.12	0.95	0.05
Rectum	7.02a	4.21b	4.04b	4.58b	4.44b	0.29	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
Total	119.53a	107.67ab	99.55b	92.32b	94.11b	2.91	<0.001	<0.001	<0.05

Means in same rows with different superscripts are significantly different (P<0.05).