Table 4.
Effect of Cu supplementation on tissular Cu, Zn and Fe deposition in growing-furring mink
| Treatments | Liver (DM basis, mg/kg) | Spleen (DM basis, mg/kg) | Heart (DM basis, mg/kg) | Kidney (DM basis, mg/kg) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cu | Zn | Fe | Cu | Zn | Fe | Cu | Zn | Fe | Cu | Zn | Fe | ||
| Control | 16.25 | 81.17 | 473.8 | 12.98 | 96.24 | 1039.4 | 13.26 | 69.89 | 244.2 | 21.43 | 68.11 | 343.8 | |
| Cu6 | 19.00 | 97.33 | 445.1 | 15.57 | 94.22 | 1014.8 | 10.36 | 67.70 | 229.2 | 20.87 | 67.12 | 336.4 | |
| Cu12 | 32.36 | 93.28 | 447.1 | 15.85 | 95.44 | 1022.6 | 11.00 | 68.86 | 234.7 | 20.16 | 63.62 | 331.3 | |
| Cu24 | 67.13 | 96.92 | 445.8 | 17.68 | 97.98 | 1073.0 | 11.88 | 70.69 | 242.3 | 21.39 | 69.16 | 345.5 | |
| Cu48 | 66.44 | 81.55 | 416.3 | 18.73 | 95.48 | 998.4 | 12.86 | 68.89 | 240.0 | 21.34 | 68.06 | 342.9 | |
| Cu96 | 73.47 | 87.98 | 414.8 | 22.11 | 95.29 | 920.0 | 14.01 | 68.75 | 241.9 | 21.42 | 68.54 | 344.6 | |
| Cu192 | 96.50 | 95.77 | 409.7 | 26.48 | 95.41 | 942.3 | 15.36 | 68.84 | 239.9 | 20.87 | 67.59 | 357.4 | |
| SEM | 4.67 | 1.67 | 9.31 | 0.79 | 0.76 | 14.8 | 0.32 | 0.54 | 2.21 | 0.34 | 1.22 | 5.62 | |
| p value | Linear | 0.001 | 0.473 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.335 | 0.335 | 0.094 | 0.952 | 0.512 | 0.609 | 0.638 | 0.888 |
| Quad | 0.002 | 0.212 | 0.412 | 0.179 | 0.459 | 0.459 | 0.689 | 0.994 | 0.589 | 0.602 | 0.679 | 0.883 | |
Means with different letters within a row differ significantly (P < 0.05); data are expressed as Least Squares Means with pooled SEM; n = 8 per treatment.