Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Table 7 Effects of alginate oligosaccharide on the enterocyte proliferation 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, %
G₀/G₁ phase cells	75.15 ± 1.41	70.65 ± 1.37	0.051
S phase cells	18.71 ± 1.25	22.05 ± 0.78	0.053
G₂ + M phase cells	6.02 ± 1.05	6.54 ± 0.72	0.698
Proliferating index	24.77 ± 1.39	28.81 ± 1.28	0.064
Jejunum, %
G₀/G₁ phase cells	75.93 ± 1.81	70.42 ± 0.78^*	0.023
S phase cells	16.66 ± 1.37	21.88 ± 0.87^*	0.012
G₂ + M phase cells	5.98 ± 0.74	7.62 ± 0.55	0.112
Proliferating index	22.99 ± 1.51	29.53 ± 0.79^**	0.005
Ileum, %
G₀/G₁ phase cells	73.57 ± 2.04	68.74 ± 1.98	0.128
S phase cells	17.78 ± 0.90	21.64 ± 1.43	0.052
G₂ + M phase cells	8.10 ± 1.05	9.13 ± 1.11	0.521
Proliferating index	26.04 ± 1.90	30.89 ± 2.27	0.140

^*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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