Table 6. Effects of environmental enrichment on skin lesion score in weanling pigs

Item Control EE-1 EE-2 EE-4 SEM p-value
Phase 1 (d 14)
 Skin lesion score 45.40a 43.80ab 40.74ab 37.23b 2.41 0.015
Phase 2 (d 28)
 Skin lesion score 78.76 75.50 75.90 78.09 3.02 0.644
Means with different superscripts in the same row differ significantly (p < 0.05).
EE-1, inclusion of play object until one week after weaning; EE-2, inclusion of play object until two weeks after weaning; EE-4, inclusion of play object until four weeks after weaning.