Effects of zinc oxide supported on zeolite on growth performance, intestinal microflora and permeability, and cytokines expression of weaned pigs

Effects of zinc oxide supported on zeolite (Z-ZnO) on growth performance, intestinal microflora and permeability, and cytokines expression of weaned pigs were investigated. A total of 210 piglets, with an average weight of 6.12±0.22kg weaned at 21±1d age, were randomly allotted to five groups for tw...

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Published in:Animal feed science and technology 2013-04, Vol.181 (1-4), p.65-71
Main Authors: Hu, C.H, Xiao, K, Song, J, Luan, Z.S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
average daily gain
Clostridium
Cytokines
dextran
diarrhea
diet
electrical resistance
Escherichia coli
feed intake
fluorescein
growth performance
interferon-gamma
interleukin-10
Intestinal microflora
intestinal microorganisms
Intestinal permeability
messenger RNA
mucosa
permeability
piglets
Weaned pigs
weaning
weanlings
zeolites
zinc oxide
Zinc oxide supported on zeolite
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Summary:Effects of zinc oxide supported on zeolite (Z-ZnO) on growth performance, intestinal microflora and permeability, and cytokines expression of weaned pigs were investigated. A total of 210 piglets, with an average weight of 6.12±0.22kg weaned at 21±1d age, were randomly allotted to five groups for two weeks. The five treatments were the control (basal diet), and the basal diet supplemented with 300, 600 or 900mg Zn/kg from Z-ZnO or 2250mg Zn/kg from ZnO. The results showed that incremental levels of Z-ZnO increased average daily gain (linear P=0.001; quadratic P=0.004), daily feed intake (linear P=0.006; quadratic P=0.019) and jejunal transepithelial electrical resistance (linear P=0.007; quadratic P=0.021), and decreased the postweaning scour scores (linear P
ISSN:0377-8401
1873-2216
DOI:10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2013.02.003