. 2023 Dec 4;16:395–408. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2023.11.006

Table 5.

Egg yolk mineral deposition of zinc, manganese, copper, and iron of eggs from white laying hens fed different sources and levels of Zn, Mn, and Cu from 78 to 98 weeks of age (mg/kg of dry yolk).

Item	Egg yolk mineral deposition
Item	Zn	Mn	Cu	Fe
ZMCGly source	51.4^B	0.91^B	1.39^B	66.6^B
ZMCAA source	59.5^A	1.10^A	1.73^A	77.4^A
Low level	60.7^a	1.26^a	1.88^a	77.5^a
High level	49.9^b	0.78^b	1.34^b	65.9^b
P-value
Source	0.009	0.004	0.001	0.015
Level	0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.013
Source × Level	0.281	0.154	0.421	0.088
SEM	1.89	0.053	0.062	2.51

Zn = zinc; Mn = manganese; Cu = copper; Fe = Iron; SEM = standard error of the mean.

ZMCGly = Zn, Mn, and Cu bis-glycinates.

ZMCAA = Zn, Mn, and Cu amino acid complexed minerals.

Low level = 20, 20, and 3.5 mg of Zn, Mn, and Cu, respectively.

High level = 40, 40, and 7 mg of Zn, Mn, and Cu, respectively.

^A,B Within a column, values with different letters differ significantly from the source by Tukey's test (P < 0.05). ^a,b Within a column, values with different letters differ significantly from the level by Tukey's test (P < 0.05).