TABLE 5.

Log₁₀ DNA copies per g of feces collected from dogs fed diets supplemented with inorganic (IZ and IZ +) and organic (OZ and OZ +) Zn sources without (IZ and OZ) and with (IZ + and OZ +) the addition of a multi-enzymatic complex from the solid-state fermentation of Aspergillus niger.

	Diets1				SEM2	p-Value
	IZ	IZ +	OZ	OZ +		Zn	Enzyme	Zn × Enzyme
Clostridium cluster I	9.00	8.84	8.59	8.54	0.152	0.028	0.485	0.726
Clostridium cluster XIV	9.57	9.60	9.13	9.13	0.151	0.006	0.913	0.914
Campylobacter spp.	6.96	6.86	5.92	5.46	0.460	0.013	0.549	0.689
Campylobacter jejuni	2.92	3.29	3.34	2.31	0.694	0.725	0.655	0.321
Campylobacter lari	4.72	4.58	4.33	2.87	0.542	0.062	0.151	0.232
Escherichia coli	6.80	6.56	6.47	6.42	0.234	0.333	0.539	0.689
Ruminococcaceae	9.03	9.19	8.66	8.61	0.179	0.012	0.788	0.569
Turicibacter spp.	9.76	9.65	9.45	9.54	0.090	0.014	0.890	0.227
Blautia spp.	8.60	8.67	8.30	8.22	0.158	0.024	0.962	0.621

¹Twelve replicas per treatment.

²Standard error of the mean.