Table 1 Characteristics of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) of weaners.

Parameter	C	FRA	FR	SEM	P_value
Length of GIT sections
Stomach	14.36^b	18.75^a	17.33^a	0.531	< 0.001
Small intestine	14.25^b	16.45^a	15.14^ab	0.372	0.043
Large intestine	1.80^b	2.19^a	2.23^a	0.077	0.030
Total	30.41^b	37.39^a	34.70^a	0.895	0.001
Dynamic viscosity (Pa s) temp 37–38	1.25^b	0.187^a	1.07^b	0.149	0.002
Shear rate (1/s)	1.36	1.01	1.33	0.102	0.312
pH of GIT sections
Stomach	4.34^a	3.60^b	4.18^a	0.094	< 0.001
Beginning of small intestine	6.33^a	5.79^b	6.39^a	0.081	< 0.001
Middle of small intestine	6.76^a	6.04^b	6.15^b	0.089	< 0.001
End of small intestine	6.60^a	5.82^b	6.48^a	0.093	< 0.001
Beginning of large intestine	6.13	5.67	5.95	0.060	0.061
Middle of large intestine	5.69^b	5.70^b	6.11^a	0.072	0.014
End of large intestine	5.90	5.61	5.97	0.049	0.002

Feeding groups: C control group, FRA weaners receiving a diet with 8% FRSMb and feed additives, FR weaners receiving a diet with 8% FRSMb without feed additives.
^a,bMeans within a row with different superscripts differ significantly (p ≤ 0.05).

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