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.