Table 5.

Effects of dietary treatments on Salmonella shedding in naturally infected weaned pigs (Least-square mean values ± SEM)

	Day	Treatment1				SEM	P-value
		Control	ZnO	Low ANE	High ANE
Faecal Salmonella counts, logGCN/g faeces	14	6.74	6.78	6.97	6.84	0.115	0.475
	21	7.25a	7.02ab	7.29a	6.70b	0.121	0.006

ANE, Ascophyllum nodosum extract; ZnO, Zinc oxide; GCN, Gene copy number

^a,bMean values within a row with different superscript lowercase letter indicate significant differences between dietary treatments (P < 0.05)

¹A total of 12 replicates were used per dietary treatment (replicate = pig)