Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Table 6 Effects of alginate oligosaccharide on the enterocyte apoptosis of weaned pigs^a

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

Item	Treatment^b		P-value
Item	CON	AOS	P-value
Duodenum, %
Early-stage apoptotic cells	2.94 ± 0.31	2.98 ± 0.22	0.909
Late-stage apoptotic cells	9.31 ± 1.18	5.92 ± 0.46	0.055
Total apoptotic cells	12.25 ± 1.32	8.90 ± 0.61	0.083
Jejunum, %
Early-stage apoptotic cells	10.98 ± 0.99	6.31 ± 0.68^*	0.018
Late-stage apoptotic cells	15.70 ± 0.85	10.86 ± 1.02^*	0.022
Total apoptotic cells	26.68 ± 0.61	17.17 ± 0.35^**	< 0.001
Ileum, %
Early-stage apoptotic cells	3.83 ± 0.46	2.93 ± 0.34	0.149
Late-stage apoptotic cells	1.14 ± 0.18	1.03 ± 0.11	0.618
Total apoptotic cells	4.97 ± 0.42	3.96 ± 0.32	0.093

^*P < 0.05 versus the CON group. ^**P < 0.01 versus the CON group
^aValues are the means of 8 replicates per treatment
^bCON, control (a corn-soybean basal diet); AOS, alginate oligosaccharide (the basal diet supplemented with 100 mg/kg alginate oligosaccharide)

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