Table 1 Number, age, body weight of animals and characteristics of their pancreas
From: Is there adaptation of the exocrine pancreas in wild animal? The case of the Roe Deer
Species | Roe deer | Cattle | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Stage | Adult | Young | Ruminant calf | Milk-fed calf |
Age | > 1 year | < 8 months | 159 days | 138 days |
(W group) | (MF group) | |||
Number of animals | 23 | 12 | 18 | 22 |
Body weight (BW1, kg) | 22.4 ± 2.4†" | 15.0 ± 1.2‡" | 227.8 ± 1.3§" | 205.5 ± 1.6" |
Pancreas weight | ||||
- total (g) | 26.4 ± 1.3† | 21.3 ± 2.6† | 203.5 ± 1.7‡ | 156.7 ± 1.4§ |
- g/kg BW1 | 1.18 ± 0.01† | 1.54 ± 0.01‡ | 0.89 ± 0.01 § | 0.76 ± 0.01§ |
Pancreatic proteins | ||||
- Total (g) | 3.7 ± 0.2† | 3.1 ± 0.5† | 31.1 ± 0.3‡ | 25.7 ± 0.2§ |
- mg/g pancreas | 138 ± 2† | 134 ± 1† | 151 ± 1‡ | 165 ± 1‡ |
- mg/kg BW1 | 164 ± 1† | 208 ± 3‡ | 134 ± 4§ | 125 ± 5§ |