Table 5.
Nutrient, g/kg DM | Diet 1 | Diet 4 | Diet 2 | Diet 3 | SEM1 | P-value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Calcium | 4.17ab | 4.81a | 3.43b | 3.90ab | 0.22 | 0.19 |
Phosphorus | 2.85a | 2.85a | 3.56a | 3.56a | 0.16 | 0.09 |
Potassium | 0.50a | 0.50a | 0.50a | 0.50a | 0.03 | 0.92 |
Sodium | 0.13a | 0.13a | 0.71b | 0.74b | 0.08 | <0.001 |
Magnesium | 0.49a | 0.49a | 0.94b | 0.94b | 0.06 | 0.004 |
Copper | 0.006a | 0.006a | 0.007a | 0.007a | 0.0004 | 0.96 |
Zinc | 0.04ac | 0.04a | 0.06b | 0.051bc | 0.002 | 0.01 |
Iron | 0.08a | 0.07a | 0.08a | 0.08a | 0.003 | 0.63 |
Manganese | 0.009a | 0.009a | 0.02b | 0.01c | 0.001 | <0.001 |
a–cMeans within the same rows with no common superscript differ (P < 0.05).
1Pooled SEM based on six observations.