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).