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).