Table 8.

Mineral status in the sera of the experimental lambs

Element	Day	C	I	I + Mix1	I + Mix2	SD	Significance of effect
							Treatment	I vs. I + Mix1	I vs. I + Mix2	Time	Treatment × time
Zn (mg/L)	22	0.476	0.462	0.567	0.591	0.07	*	NS	NS	***	NS
	37	0.548	0.477	0.512	0.519	0.03		NS	NS
	51	0.590	0.512	0.542	0.582	0.04		NS	NS
	70	0.687	0.590	0.548	0.682	0.07		NS	NS
Fe (mg/L)	22	1.317	0.510	1.089	0.789	0.35	***	*	NS	***	*
	37	1.575	0.724	0.975	0.935	0.37		NS	NS
	51	2.120	0.998	1.180	1.536	0.49		NS	NS
	70	2.188	0.618	1.665	1.585	0.66		***	***
Cu (mg/L)	22	0.774	0.651	0.834	0.841	0.09	NS	**	**	***	NS
	37	0.773	0.696	0.724	0.732	0.03		NS	NS
	51	0.817	0.730	0.810	0.795	0.04		NS	NS
	70	0.835	0.876	0.810	0.873	0.03		NS	NS

C control uninfected animals, I infected animals, I + Mix1 infected animals with Mix1, I + Mix2 infected animals with Mix2, NS not significant

* P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001