Table 7.

Effects of the dietary replacement of inorganic trace minerals with lower levels of organic trace minerals on the serum biochemical parameters of growing-finishing pigs.

Items	100% ITMs	OTMs			SEM	P-value
		30%	45%	60%
GLU, mM/L	4.67	4.62	5.09	4.53	0.154	0.616
TP, g/L	65.95	65.93	67.37	69.86	0.955	0.377
ALB, g/L	22.07	24.12	26.25	27.49	0.845	0.105
URE, mM/L	8.32	7.75	10.09	9.47	0.390	0.137
TG, mM/L	0.33b	1.70a	1.71a	1.69a	0.173	0.002
CHO, mM/L	2.15	2.04	2.04	1.97	0.052	0.691
HDL-C, mM/L	0.77	0.88	0.95	0.94	0.034	0.241
LDL-C, mM/L	0.94	0.71	0.88	0.88	0.033	0.106
ALT, IU/L	42.03	41.27	47.63	39.64	1.337	0.167
AST, IU/L	50.54	41.45	43.67	44.41	1.686	0.270
TBIL, μM/L	4.66	9.11	12.21	9.18	1.001	0.064
AKP, IU/L	117.24	125.16	125.48	122.64	3.927	0.885
CRE, μM/L	143.22	159.70	160.01	158.20	3.148	0.175
TRF, mg/mL	2.05b	2.75a	2.94a	3.03a	0.128	0.017
CP, IU/L	61.07	60.90	65.72	67.20	1.910	0.578
Ca, mM/L	1.41b	1.54a	1.61a	1.61a	0.024	0.005
P, mM/L	0.44	0.46	0.45	0.42	0.010	0.611

Values are presented as mean and pooled SEM, n = 6.

Data in the same row with no or the same letter indicate no significant difference (P > 0.05), while data with different letters indicate a significant difference (P < 0.05).

ITMs, inorganic trace minerals; OTMs, organic trace minerals; GLU, glucose; TP, total protein; ALB, albumin; URE, urea; TG, triglyceride; CHO, cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate transaminase; TBIL, total bilirubin; AKP, alkaline phosphatase; CRE, creatinine; TRF, transferrin; CP, ceruloplasmin.