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