Factor | Amachawadi_2010_FooPatandDis (10240)

Diet Supplementation

Swine | Weaners

1

Description

Control diet: 16.5 ppm copper, 165 ppm zinc. Elevated zinc diet: 3000 ppm zinc provided by zinc oxide (reduced to 2000 ppm after 14 days). AMR+ isolates are those that were positive for the tcrB gene (PCR). Data represent sampling week 5.

Resistance Outcomes

Resistance Microbe Outcome
Copper Sulfate
/
Enterococcus spp.
See: Table 2 AMR+ (n) AMR- (n) Total (n)
Elevated Zinc 2 14
Control 1 15