Table 5. Comparison of the effects of zinc oxide and zinc aspartic acid chelate on fecal score in weaning pigs

Item CON TRT1 TRT2 SEM p-value
Fecal score
Initial 4.0 4.0 3.8 0.05 0.276
Week 3 3.8 3.6 3.4 0.08 0.158
Week 6 3.7a 3.0b 2.9b 0.14 0.028
CON, basal diet; TRT1, basal diet + 3000 ppm ZnO; TRT2, basal diet + 750 ppm Zn-Asp.
Means in the equivalent row show the superscripts differ (p < 0.05).