Table 2.
The tissue concentration of the metallothein 1 (MT1), zinc transporter 1 (ZnT1), and total and non-protein-bound thiols (TSH and NPSH, respectively) in piglets fed diets differing in zinc and fibre source.
| Dietary Treatment | SEM | Main Effects | Interaction | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | ZnGly | PF | PF + ZnGly | Zn | Fibre | Zn × Fibre | ||
| MT1, µg/g tissue | ||||||||
| Liver | 13.1 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 11.5 | 0.415 | 0.32 | 0.41 | 0.60 |
| Duodenum | 12.9 | 12.5 | 12.7 | 14.7 | 0.451 | 0.37 | 0.27 | 0.19 |
| Jejunum | 20.5 ab | 21.7 b | 16.7 a | 19.4 a | 0.302 | 0.36 | 0.007 | 0.17 |
| Ileum | 19.4 | 19.3 | 18.9 | 19.0 | 0.321 | 0.97 | 0.57 | 0.86 |
| ZnT1, µg/g tissue | ||||||||
| Liver | 16.7 a | 16.7 a | 20.0 ab | 22.6 b | 0.856 | 0.32 | 0.003 | 0.34 |
| Duodenum | 23.9 | 27.6 | 23.7 | 24.4 | 0.860 | 0.21 | 0.31 | 0.40 |
| Jejunum | 26.2 ab | 30.1 b | 23.9 a | 23.1 a | 0.684 | 0.20 | 0.001 | 0.06 |
| Ileum | 15.9 | 20.2 | 18.9 | 20.3 | 0.656 | 0.02 | 0.20 | 0.22 |
| TSH, µmol/g tissue | ||||||||
| Jejunum | 5.57 | 4.89 | 5.48 | 5.61 | 0.140 | 0.25 | 0.19 | 0.10 |
| Ileum | 5.62 | 5.48 | 5.55 | 6.12 | 0.131 | 0.42 | 0.29 | 0.19 |
| NPSH, µmol/g tissue | ||||||||
| Jejunum | 2.35 | 1.95 | 1.78 | 1.93 | 0.094 | 0.49 | 0.11 | 0.14 |
| Ileum | 1.96 | 1.89 | 1.88 | 2.17 | 0.068 | 0.42 | 0.45 | 0.19 |
C: cellulose, ZnGly: zinc chelate of glycine hydrate, PF: potato fibre. a,b Means within lines with different superscript letters are significantly different (p < 0.05) using by Bonferroni’s post hoc test; Bold values denote statistical significance at the p < 0.05.