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.