. 2024 Jul 17;14(14):2093. doi: 10.3390/ani14142093

Table 3.

Effect of dietary available phosphorus on tibial characteristics of birds on d 14 and 42.

Variables	Phase	Non-Phytate P, %					Pooled SEM ¹	p-Value ²
Variables	Phase	0.360	0.410	0.460	0.510	0.560	Pooled SEM ¹	Available P	L	Q
Length, mm	14 D 42 d	43.5 ^b	45.3 ^a	45.2 ^a	44.9 ^a	44.7 ^a	0.15	0.002	0.027	<0.001
Length, mm	14 D 42 d	55.3 ^b	57.0 ^b	56.1 ^b	51.6 ^b	64.3 ^a	0.08	<0.001	0.030	0.010
Strength, kg	14 d 42 d	2.35	2.44	2.52	2.25	2.17	1.04	0.720	0.740	0.840
Strength, kg	14 d 42 d	7.35 ^ab	9.86 ^a	8.10 ^ab	6.01 ^b	7.40 ^ab	0.36	0.010	0.090	0.320

¹ SEM = standard error of the mean. ² Non-phytate P = treatment effect; L = linear; Q = quadratic. ^a,b Values within a row with different superscripts differ significantly at p < 0.05.