Table 5. Effect of dietary Fe concentration and source on apparent total tract digestibility (%) of nutrients in weanling pigs

Item Inorganic (ppm) HME (ppm) Organic (ppm) SEM p-value
100 50 75 100 100
Phase I (d 14)
 DM 80.67 81.09 82.02 82.41 81.75 0.80 0.177
 GE 80.20 76.15 77.28 78.71 77.43 0.50 0.087
 CP 77.64 79.85 80.81 81.31 80.73 1.18 0.172
Phase II (d 28)
 DM 81.04 80.36 81.26 81.86 81.18 0.68 0.185
 GE 75.50ab 74.82b 75.63ab 77.06a 75.51ab 0.49 0.005
 CP 81.17a 79.16b 81.32a 81.99a 81.11a 0.40 0.004
Values with different superscripts of the row significantly differ (p < 0.01).
HME, hot melt extrusion; SEM, standard error of means; DM, dry matter; GE, gross energy; CP, crude protein.