Table 4.
Effect of housing systems and Se, Zn, and vitamin E supplementation on contents of mineral elements in the loin of lambs (fresh tissue)
| Mineral elements | Group1 | SEM2 | p-value3 | |||
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| C | S | G | C vs S | C vs G | ||
| Ca (μg/g) | 101 | 106 | 111 | 1.41 | 0.440 | 0.030 |
| Mg (μg/g) | 273 | 283 | 263 | 1.72 | 0.062 | 0.072 |
| K (mg/g) | 3.92 | 4.02 | 4.08 | 0.02 | 0.280 | 0.013 |
| P (mg/g) | 1.93 | 1.86 | 1.77 | 0.03 | 0.695 | 0.057 |
| Cu (μg/g) | 0.90 | 0.93 | 0.88 | 0.01 | 0.711 | 0.841 |
| Fe (μg/g) | 23.3 | 24.9 | 22.8 | 0.49 | 0.525 | 0.969 |
| Se (μg/g) | 0.31 | 0.46 | 0.26 | 0.004 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Zn (μg/g) | 23.4 | 32.9 | 21.9 | 0.37 | 0.000 | 0.289 |
1
Group C = Indoor with no supplement; S = Indoor with supplement; G = Outdoor with no supplement.
2
Standard error of the mean.
3
Supplementation effect C vs S and the housing effect C vs G.