Table 4
Effects of dietary supplementation of the lipid-coated ZnO Shield Zn® (SZ) vs. ZnO on fecal consistency and growth performance of weanling pigs (Exp. 2)

Item	ZnO (mg Zn/kg)		SZ (mg Zn/kg)		SEM	P value
	100	2500	100	200
FCS1),2)
Day 0	0.11z	0.02y	0.04z	0.23y
Day 7	0.84ab,x	0.63b,x	1.02a,x	0.84ab,x	0.103)
Day 14	0.50y	0.29y	0.36y	0.52y
Overall4)	0.47a	0.31b	0.47a	0.53a	0.05	0.035
Body weight1) (kg)
Day 0	6.86	6.82	6.70	6.81	0.15	0.899
Day 7	7.56	7.67	7.15	7.17	0.15	0.056
Day 14	9.41	9.89	9.18	9.26	0.24	0.189
ADG1) (g)
Days 0 to 7	103ab	131a	63b	60b	18	0.035
Days 7 to 14	257	317	282	274	16	0.097
Overall	180	220	174	168	14	0.065
ADFI5) (g)
Days 0 to 7	182	171	154	154	10	0.203
Days 7 to 14	313	327	361	312	18	0.242
Overall	247	249	253	230	11	0.503
Gain:feed5)
Days 0 to 7	0.54ab	0.71a	0.36b	0.27b	0.10	0.037
Days 7 to 14	0.90	1.00	0.80	0.91	0.06	0.180
Overall	0.76	0.88	0.70	0.77	0.06	0.185