Table 4. Effect of dietary zinc oxide of concentrations and sources on nutrient digestibility 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)
 DM 80.5 82.02 81.78 81.05 0.3 0.291 80.46 80.79 80.07 0.23 0.469
 CP 77.84 80.47 79.25 78.76 0.41 0.119 78.23 78.41 77.63 0.26 0.468
 EE 72.21 73.27 73.04 72.61 0.19 0.697
 GE 82.85 83.39 83.42 82.97 0.2 0.288 82.91 83.07 82.7 0.29 0.896
Phase 2 (d 28)
 DM 78.18 80.35 80.25 79.19 0.37 0.108 79.57 79.29 79.05 0.27 0.771
 CP 75.56b 78.90a 78.63a 76.94ab 0.52 0.042 77.2 77.69 76.58 0.29 0.324
 EE 71.6 72.13 71.93 71.91 0.16 0.759
 GE 80.91 81.88 81.97 81.16 0.34 0.678 82.07 82.13 81.3 0.36 0.626
Means within a column with different superscripts differ significantly (p < 0.05).
DM, dry matter; CP, crude protein; EE, ether extract; GE, gross energy.