Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Table 9 Effects of zinc oxide, antibiotic, or lanthanum-yeast on the performance of weanling pigs (day 0 to 28)

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

Items	Control	Antibiotic¹	Zinc (1,500 ppm)	Zinc (2,500 ppm)	Lanthanum-yeast	SEM	P Values
Weight gain, g/d	302^b	353^a	352^a	369^a	359^a	14.0	0.02
Feed intake, g/d	467^b	518^ab	530^ab	558^a	501^ab	22.6	0.10
Feed conversion	1.55^a	1.47^ab	1.50^ab	1.52^ab	1.41^b	0.04	0.31

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

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