Table 6.
Effects of Cu(HMTBa)2 and CuSO4 on tissue Cu concentration (DM basis, Exp. 1)1
| Tissues Cu2 mg/kg | NRC control CuSO4, 6 mg/kg |
CuSO4 170 mg/kg |
Cu(HMTBa)2 170 mg/kg |
SEM | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tibia bone | 0.64 | 0.64 | 0.76 | 0.07 | 0.40 |
| Kidney | 3.59 | 3.69 | 4.58 | 0.42 | 0.23 |
| Liver | 6.83b | 18.37ab | 30.46a | 0.41 | <0.01 |
| Muscle | 0.56 | 0.51 | 0.53 | 0.03 | 0.53 |
| Skin and fat | 1.06 | 1.41 | 1.40 | 0.19 | 0.35 |
a,b
Means in a row with no common superscripts significantly differ (p<0.05).
1
Values represent the means of 8 pigs per treatment.
2
Cu content was analyzed using atomic absorption spectrometry following AOAC 968.08.