Table 1.

Effects of galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) on the intestinal growth parameters in LPS-challenged piglets (n = 6)

Item	CON	LPS	LPS + GOS	P value
SI1 weight, g	137.02 ± 2.74b	138.35 ± 2.58b	146.85 ± 4.79a	< 0.001
SI length, m	6.32 ± 0.16b	6.33 ± 0.15b	6.88 ± 0.24a	< 0.001
SI weight/SI length, g/m	21.70 ± 0.62	21.88 ± 0.61	21.34 ± 0.24	0.221
SI weight/body weight, g/kg	32.37 ± 1.27	32.67 ± 1.60	32.66 ± 0.82	0.217
SI length/body weight, m/kg	1.49 ± 0.07	1.49 ± 0.06	1.58 ± 0.03	0.031

¹SI Small intestine

^a,bValues in the same row with different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05)