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Table 10 Effects of antibiotics, zinc oxide or lanthanum-yeast on nutrient digestibility

From: Alternatives to antibiotics as growth promoters for use in swine production: a review

Items

Antibiotics1

Zinc(1,500 ppm)

Zinc (2,500 ppm)

Lanthanum-yeast

SEM

P-value

Dry matter

95.19a

93.83b

93.98b

95.46a

0.30

<0.01

Crude protein

74.51ab

71.55b

72.33b

78.34a

1.38

0.01

Calcium

56.59b

46.98c

48.50c

65.10a

1.69

<0.01

Phosphorus

54.87b

43.07c

38.52c

66.11a

2.09

<0.01

Energy

83.51b

81.42b

81.33b

86.89a

0.80

<0.01

Lysine

81.45b

79.42b

80.32b

85.15a

0.95

<0.01

Methionine

83.49b

83.67b

86.76a

87.32a

0.79

<0.01

Phenylalanine

74.21b

73.75b

75.41ab

78.96a

1.32

0.05

Threonine

76.19b

75.13b

75.28b

81.19a

1.58

0.04

  1. Han and Thacker [73].
  2. 1Tiamulin and chlortetraccycline.
  3. a,b,cWithin row, means followed by same or no letter do not differ (P>0.05).