Table 1 Mean relative gene expression of zinc transporters and metallothionein in jejunal tissue of piglets at 1 and 18 dpi ¹

ZIP4

1,22 ± 0,16

1,46 ± 0,16

0,44 ± 0,08

3,91 ± 0,44

1,68 ± 0,295

0,39 ± 0,18

***

**

**

ZnT1

0,94 ± 0,11

0,81 ± 0,08

1,47 ± 0,35

0,63 ± 0,06

0,77 ± 0,075

1,38 ± 0,23

**

ns

ns

ZnT2

1,39 ± 0,44

0,50 ± 0,14

1,82 ± 0,54

1,10 ± 0,58

1,09 ± 0,634

0,85 ± 0,40

ns

ns

ns

ZnT5

0,68 ± 0,06

0,61 ± 0,10

0,86 ± 0,13

0,72 ± 0,10

0,50 ± 0,07

1,04 ± 0,14

**

ns

ns

MT1

0,12 ± 0,02

0,12 ± 0,01

2,59 ± 4,23

0,10 ± 0,01

0,15 ± 0,031

11,71 ± 4,28

***

ns

ns