Alginate oligosaccharide-induced intestinal morphology, barrier function and epithelium apoptosis modifications have beneficial effects on the growth performance of weaned pigs

Table 1 Ingredients and nutrient composition of the basal diet

Ingredient	Content, %	Nutrient composition^c	Content, %
Corn (7.8% crude protein)	28.80	Digestible energy, MJ/kg	14.85
Extruded corn (7.8% crude protein)	26.00	Crude protein	19.35
Soybean meal (44.2% crude protein)	11.00	Calcium	0.83
Extruded soybean	10.00	Total phosphorus	0.60
Whey powder (low protein)	7.00	Available phosphorus	0.43
Soybean protein concentrate	5.00	Lysine	1.37
Fish meal (62.5% crude protein)	4.00	Methionine	0.49
Sucrose	4.00	Methionine + Cysteine	0.76
Soybean oil	1.50	Threonine	0.81
Limestone	0.75	Tryptophan	0.22
Dicalcium phosphate	0.60
L-Lysine-HCl (78%)	0.40
NaCl	0.30
DL-Methionine	0.18
L-Threonine (98.5%)	0.10
Chloride choline	0.10
Tryptophan (98%)	0.02
Vitamin premix^a	0.05
Mineral premix^b	0.20
Total	100

^aThe vitamin premix provided the following per kg of diets: 6,000 IU vitamin (V) A, 3,000 IU VD₃, 24 mg VE, 3 mg VK₃, 1.5 mg VB₁, 6 mg VB₂, 3 mg VB₆, 0.02 mg VB₁₂, 14 mg niacin, 15 mg pantothenic acid, 1.2 mg folic acid and 0.15 mg biotin
^bThe mineral premix provided the following per kg of diets: 100 mg Fe, 6 mg Cu, 100 mg Zn, 4 mg Mn, 0.30 mg I and 0.35 mg Se
^cValues are calculated composition

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