Supplementation of oligosaccharide-based polymer enhanced growth and disease resistance of weaned pigs by modulating intestinal integrity and systemic immunity

Table 1 Ingredient compositions of experimental diets¹

Ingredient, %	Control diet
Corn	44.51
Dried whey	15.00
Soybean meal	14.00
Fish meal	10.00
Soy protein concentrate	7.00
Lactose	6.00
Soybean oil	2.00
Limestone	0.56
L-Lysine·HCl	0.15
DL-Methionine	0.06
L-Threonine	0.02
Salt	0.40
Vit-mineral, Sow 6²	0.30
Total	100.00
Calculated energy and nutrient
Metabolizable energy, kcal/kg	3487
Net energy, kcal/kg	2615
Crude protein, %	22.97
Ile,³%	0.86
Leu,³%	1.68
Lys,³%	1.35
Met,³%	0.44
Thr,³%	0.79
Trp,³%	0.23
Val,³%	0.95
Met + Cys,³%	0.74
Ca, %	0.80
Total P, %	0.69
Digestible P, %	0.47
Analyzed nutrients, %
Dry matter	89.6
Crude protein	22.58
ADF	2.87
NDF	6.99
Ca	1.04
P	0.70

¹Three additional diets were formulated by adding 10 mg/kg of group A6 type 1-based polymer, 20 mg/kg of group A6 type 1-based polymer (Coligo), or 50 mg/kg of Carbadox to the control diet, respectively
²Provided the following quantities of vitamins and micro minerals per kilogram of complete diet: Vitamin A as retinyl acetate, 11,136 IU; vitamin D₃ as cholecalciferol, 2208 IU; vitamin E as DL-alpha tocopheryl acetate, 66 IU; vitamin K as menadione dimethylprimidinol bisulfite, 1.42 mg; thiamin as thiamine mononitrate, 0.24 mg; riboflavin, 6.59 mg; pyridoxine as pyridoxine hydrochloride, 0.24 mg; vitamin B₁₂, 0.03 mg; D-pantothenic acid as D-calcium pantothenate, 23.5 mg; niacin, 44.1 mg; folic acid, 1.59 mg; biotin, 0.44 mg; Cu, 20 mg as copper sulfate and copper chloride; Fe, 126 mg as ferrous sulfate; I, 1.26 mg as ethylenediamine dihydriodide; Mn, 60.2 mg as manganese sulfate; Se, 0.3 mg as sodium selenite and selenium yeast; and Zn, 125.1 mg as zinc sulfate
³Amino acids were indicated as standardized ileal digestible AA

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