Effects of low-molecular-weight chitosan on the growth performance, intestinal morphology, barrier function, cytokine expression and antioxidant system of weaned piglets

Table 3 Effect of dietary supplementation with LC on growth performance of weaned piglets

Variables	CON	LC	SEM	P-value
ADG (g/d)	177.7	217.3	10.03	0.084
ADFI (g/d)	297.3^b	323.9^a	9.93	0.013
G:F (g/g)	0.63	0.66	0.02	0.391
Diarrhea rate (%)	26.32	25.97	1.08	0.882

ADG average daily gain, ADFI average daily feed intake, G:F gain-to-feed ratio, CON piglets fed the basal diet, LC piglets fed the basal diet with 50 mg/kg 20–30 kDa chito-oligosaccharide, SEM standard error of mean
^a,bValues within a row with different superscripts differ significantly at P < 0.05. n = 5

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