Table 3. Effect of dietary zinc oxide of concentrations and sources on growth performance in weaning piglets

Item Experiment 1 Experiment 2
Control In2500 N500 N150 SEM p-value In2500 N300 N150 SEM p-value
Phase 1 (d 14)
Lactobacillus spp. 9.29 9.47 9.58 9.33 0.08 0.616 9.58 9.62 9.65 0.05 0.836
 Coliforms 8.72a 8.34b 8.32b 8.65ab 0.06 0.015 8.67ab 8.54b 8.79a 0.06 0.023
Clostridium spp. 8.71a 8.26b 8.37b 8.54ab 0.06 0.008 8.56ab 8.41b 8.80a 0.06 0.023
Phase 2 (d 28)
Lactobacillus spp. 9.64 9.56 9.62 9.58 0.07 0.986 9.53 9.68 9.75 0,05 0.169
 Coliforms 8.57 8.48 8.45 8.54 0.03 0.433 8.59 8.47 8.66 0.07 0.623
Clostridium spp. 8.76a 8.55b 8.60ab 8.65a 0.03 0.015 8.67ab 8.47b 8.74a 0.04 0.013
Means within a column with different superscripts differ significantly (p < 0.05).