Table 3.
Balance A | Balance B | Balance C | SEM | P-value | |||||||||
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LP | MP | HP | LP | MP | HP | LP | MP | HP | Diet | Balance | D × B | ||
ADFI (kg/d) | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.7 | – | – | – | – |
P, ingested (g/d) | 5.72 | 9.05 | 13.25 | 8.68 | 14.30 | 20.98 | 9.12 | 14.89 | 21.65 | 0.25 | – | – | – |
OC, ng/mL | 11.38a | 15.10b | 16.50b | 11.56a | 15.42b | 16.13b | 11.03a | 13.76ab | 15.74b | 1.14 | *** | NS | NS |
BAP, µg/liter | 36.93a | 23.28b | 33.69a | 30.00a | 13.80b | 24.01a | 25.77a | 16.38b | 18.86b | 3.17 | *** | *** | NS |
CTX-I, ng/mL | 0.180a | 0.121b | 0.115b | 0.180a | 0.125ab | 0.120b | 0.206 | 0.163 | 0.148 | 0.02 | ** | NS | NS |
OC/CTX-I | 62.11a | 130.24b | 151.68b | 65.97a | 128.15b | 137.09b | 76.32 | 88.88 | 112.73 | 15.98 | *** | NS | NS |
Balance A = 40 kg BW; Balance B = 70 kg BW; Balance C = 100 kg BW; LP = low phosphorus diet; MP = medium phosphorus diet; HP = high phosphorus diet; NS = not significant.
a,bWithin a row, means without a common superscript differ.
**P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001.