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Materials and Methods: Forty-two, 4-day old Sprague Dawley rat pups from 4 dams were randomly assigned to groups and administered distilled water (10 mL kg1), a low dose (50 mg kg1) or a high dose (500 mg kg1) of HS via a stomach tube for 9 days. Intracardiac blood was collected and the viscera removed for gross morphometric measurements after euthanasia. Data was analysed using a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results: The low dose HS resulted in an increased tibial mass (p<0.05). The relative mass of the small intestine was significantly increased in the high dose (3.0±0.20% body mass) compared to the low dose group (2.7±0.22% body mass; p<0.01) and to the control group (2.7±0.27% body mass; p<0.001). The absolute and relative caecal masses of the pups on the high dose were heavier compared to those on the low dose (p<0.05). 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