Table 2.
Influence of diet δ13C values (‰) on δ13C incorporation into tissues in Trial 1
| Tissue | Treatments |
Time, d |
P value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| δ13C = −17.90‰ |
δ13C = −13.89‰ |
0 |
3 |
7 |
14 |
21 |
SEM |
Group |
Time |
Group × Time |
|
| δ15N = 3.08‰ | δ15N = 2.37‰ | ||||||||||
| Liver |
−19.08a |
−19.45a |
−18.95a |
−19.01a |
−18.98a |
−20.02a |
−19.65a |
0.29 |
0.39 |
0.35 |
0.22 |
| Muscle |
−19.51a |
−19.45a |
−19.32a |
−19.51a |
−19.74a |
−19.64a |
−19.17a |
0.14 |
0.74 |
0.23 |
0.83 |
| Blood |
−19.22a |
−19.10a |
−19.20a |
−19.18a |
−19.09a |
−19.19a |
−19.17a |
0.09 |
0.33 |
0.93 |
0.34 |
| Lipid | −23.16a | −22.06a | −22.49a | −22.25a | −22.89a | −23.76b | −24.16b | 0.22 | 0.05 | < 0.01 | 0.20 |
a, b, c Mean values within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.05).