Chitosan oligosaccharide affects antioxidant defense capacity and placental amino acids transport of sows

BMC Veterinary Research

Table 1 Composition of gestation and lactation diet (as-fed basis)

Item	Control	COS	Item	Control	COS
Ingredient (%)			Nutrient composition
Corn	70.30	70.30	DM, %	88.2	88.2
Soybean meal	12.00	12.00	ME, MJ/kg	13.5	13.5
Wheat middling	4.00	4.00	CP, %	14.7	14.7
Rice bran meal	3.00	3.00	Lys, %	0.78	0.78
Puffed soybean	3.00	3.00	Met + Cys, %	0.69	0.69
Salt	0.35	0.35	Ca, %	0.92	0.92
Potassium chloride	0.75	0.75	Total P, %	0.67	0.67
Vitamin-mineral Premix^a	3.00	3.00
Dicalcium phosphate	2.20	2.20
Limestone	0.50	0.50
Soy oil	0.50	0.50
Mold-inhibiter	0.09	0.09
DL-Met	0.06	0.06
L-Thr	0.05	0.05

^aPremix provided the following per kg of diet: Fe (FeSO₄ · H₂O), 80 mg; Mn (MnSO₄ · 5H₂O), 45 mg; Zn (ZnO), 100 mg; Cu (CuSO₄ · 5H₂O), 20 mg; I (KI), 0.70 mg; Se (Na₂SeO₃ · H₂O), 0.25 mg; vitamin A, 10,000 IU; vitamin D₃, 2,500 IU; vitamin E, 100 IU; vitamin K, 10 IU; vitamin B₂, 10 mg; vitamin B₆, 1 mg; vitamin B₁₂ 50ug; biotin, 80ug; folic acid, 5 mg; nicotinic acid, 15 mg; choline chloride 1500 mg

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