Table 6.

Influence of meat-and-bone meal and phytase supplementation on mineral concentrations in toe ash of broiler chickens at 36 days post-hatch.

Treatments	MBM, g/kg	Phytase, FYT/kg	Ca, %	K, %	Mg, %	Na, %	P, %	Cu, mg/kg	Fe, mg/kg	Mn, mg/kg	Sr, mg/kg	Zn, mg/kg
2	0	0	31.60	2.83a	0.731	4.42a	16.03	21.61	223	29.54a	314b	367
3	0	1,000	31.29	2.33b	0.777	3.74b	16.20	19.13	180	32.90a	367a	371
4	60	0	32.65	2.28b	0.741	3.76b	16.58	19.13	182	31.97a	302bc	340
5	60	1,000	31.73	2.24b	0.749	3.76b	16.05	18.72	168	21.13b	279bc	340
6	120	0	32.07	2.30b	0.743	3.66b	16.45	21.69	191	25.61ab	273c	328
7	120	1,000	32.68	2.34b	0.737	3.91b	16.65	20.23	186	20.67b	291bc	354
SEM			0.6268	0.0834	0.0195	0.1448	0.3868	1.245	10.96	2.712	12.94	10.22
Main effects: MBM, g/kg
0			31.45	2.58	0.754	4.08	16.11	20.37	202	31.22	340	369a
60			32.19	2.26	0.745	3.76	16.32	18.93	175	26.55	290	340b
120			32.38	2.32	0.740	3.78	16.55	20.96	189	23.14	282	341b
Phytase, FYT/kg
0			32.11	2.47	0.738	3.94	16.35	20.81	199a	29.04	296	345
1,000			31.90	2.30	0.754	3.80	16.30	19.36	178b	24.90	312	355
Significance (P-value)
MBM			0.305	0.001	0.769	0.060	0.536	0.259	0.066	0.020	<0.001	0.011
Phytase			0.690	0.020	0.323	0.246	0.863	0.164	0.030	0.071	0.145	0.240
Interaction			0.484	0.006	0.401	0.009	0.577	0.713	0.198	0.044	0.023	0.422
Positive control			31.47	2.40	0.799	3.94	16.22	18.93	169	23.30	322	337
P-value1			0.885	0.018	0.027	0.064	0.068	0.029	0.007	0.014	0.724	0.054

MBM = meat and bone meal; SEM = pooled standard error of mean.

^a,b,c Means within columns not sharing a common suffix are significantly different (P < 0.05).

¹Comparison between treatment 1 and 2.