Dietary chitosan-Cu chelate affects growth performance and small intestinal morphology and apoptosis in weaned piglets

The effects of dietary chitosan-copper chelate (CS-Cu) on growth performance, diarrhea, intestinal morphology and epithelial cell apoptosis in weaned piglets was investigated. One hundred and sixty Duroc × Landrace × Yorkshire weanling barrows with an average body weight of 7.75 kg were randomly ass...

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Main Authors: Xiaojing Yue, Luansha Hu, Xiongfeng Fu, Mengyuan Lv, Xinyan Han
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences 2017-01-01
Series:Czech Journal of Animal Science
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Online Access:https://cjas.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/cjs-201701-0003_dietary-chitosan-cu-chelate-affects-growth-performance-and-small-intestinal-morphology-and-apoptosis-in-weaned.php