Table 1: Final body weight, weight increase, feed intake, efficiency, retroperitoneal (RP) and epididimal (EP) fat pads relative weight.

Control MSG
Mean SD Mean SD P
Final Body weight (g) 354.6 61.36 377.42 45.1 0.495
Weight increase (g) 108.6 33.9 129.75 25.44 0.267
Total feed intake (g) 1046.51 88.79 1104.51 52.4 0.209
Food conversion efficiency 10.2 2.56 11.7 2.05 0.319
RP pads relative weight 2.85 0.61 3.71 0.51 0.033
EP pads relative weight 1.75 0.34 2.02 0.49 0.338

Control: n = 6; MSG: n = 6; P < 0.05 significantly different. Student's T test.