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. 2022 Sep 21;67(10):527–537. doi: 10.17221/26/2022-VETMED

Table 6. Blood mineral profile in relation to the dietary treatments and sampling time.

Item Group SEM P-value
C T1 T2 G T G × T
Calcium (mmol/l)
D0 3.08 3.25 3.25 0.115 ns ns ns
D30 3.01 3.15 2.38 0.181
D60 2.95 3.03 3.03 0.036
D90 3.02 3.07 2.98 0.057
Magnesium (mmol/l)
D0 1.39 1.20 1.16 0.039 ns ns ns
D30 1.24 1.09 1.11 0.040
D60 1.25 1.08 1.20 0.063
D90 1.28 1.02 1.21 0.096
Phosphorus (mmol/l)
D0 1.74 1.64 1.91 0.311 ns ns ns
D30 1.63 1.74 1.87 0.364
D60 1.48 1.31 2.52 0.694
D90 1.44 1.23 1.31 0.112
Sodium (mmol/l)
D0 137.80 141.60 137.60 0.753 ns ns ns
D30 137.10 137.50 141.60 0.958
D60 145.80 143.90 150.10 0.746
D90 140.40 137.10 139.50 0.751
Potassium (mmol/l)
D0 4.40 4.36 3.96 0.202 < 0.05 ns ns
D30 4.321 4.381 3.782 0.105
D60 4.55 4.26 4.33 0.047
D90 4.04 3.95 3.94 0.132
Chlorides (mmol/l)
D0 111.30 109.20 109.50 0.602 ns ns ns
D30 109.70 109.20 109.60 0.707
D60 116.90 114.80 112.50 0.613
D90 111.00 109.30 109.80 0.593

1,2Within the same row, means with different numbers differ significantly (P < 0.05)

C = rabbits fed by commercial feed; G = fixed effect of the dietary supplementation; G × T = interaction of the dietary supplementation × time; ns = not significant; T = fixed effect of time; T1 = rabbits fed by feed supplemented with 0.3% of an algae-polyphenolic extract mixture; T2 = rabbits fed by feed supplemented with 0.6% of an algae-polyphenolic extract mixture