Table 9.

Effects of the dietary replacement of inorganic trace minerals with lower levels of organic trace minerals on the nutrient digestibility of growing-finishing pigs.

Items	100% ITMs	OTMs			SEM	P-value
		30%	45%	60%
Energy, %	85.69	85.51	87.96	87.85	0.364	0.065
Dry mass, %	83.60	84.18	86.05	85.77	0.403	0.075
Crude protein, %	76.75	78.40	81.17	79.83	0.656	0.088
Crude ash, %	22.58	22.81	29.86	33.92	2.117	0.152

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.