Effects of Chitosan on Body Weight Gain, Growth Hormone and Intestinal Morphology in Weaned Pigs

The study was conducted to determine the effects of chitosan on the concentrations of GH and IGF-I in serum and small intestinal morphological structure of piglets, in order to evaluate the regulating action of chitosan on weaned pig growth through endocrine and intestinal morphological approaches....

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Main Authors: Yuanqing Xu, Binlin Shi, Sumei Yan, Tiyu Li, Yiwei Guo, Junliang Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 2013-10-01
Series:Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.ajas.info/upload/pdf/ajas-26-10-1484-13.pdf