Table 1.

Composition of experimental diets (%).

Ingredient (%)	NC	HF	HC	LC	CO
Corn starch	63.8	56.2	56.2	56.2	56.2
Casein	20	20	20	20	20
Lard	3	10	10	10	10
Soybean oil	2	2	2	2	2
Vitamin 1	1	1	1	1	1
Mineral 2	5	5	5	5	5
Cholesterol		0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Cholic acid		0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Choline chloride	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Cellulose	5	5
High-MW chitosan			5
Low-MW chitosan				5
Chitooligosaccharide					5
NC: Normal control diet
HF: HF diet
HC: HF diet + 5% high-MW chitosan
LC: HF diet + 5% low-MW chitosan
CO: HF diet + 5% chitooligosaccharide
DD: Degrees of deacetylation

¹ AIN-93 vitamin mixture. ² AIN-93 mineral mixture.