Determination of the Optimal Level of Dietary Zinc for Newly Weaned Pigs: A Dose-Response Study
One hundred and eighty individually housed piglets with an initial body weight of 7.63 ± 0.98 kg (at 28 days of age) were fed a diet containing either 153, 493, 1022, 1601, 2052 or 2407 mg zinc/kg (added Zn as zinc oxide; ZnO) from day 0–21 post weaning to determine the optimal level of Zn for weane...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-06-01
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Series: | Animals |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/12/1552 |