Table 3.
Tissue Zn, Cu, Fe and Mn concentrations of piglets fed diets differing in zinc and fibre source.
| Mineral Concentration | Dietary Treatment | SEM | Main Effects | Interaction | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | ZnGly | PF | PF + ZnGly | Zn | Fibre | Zn × Fibre | ||
| Zinc, mg/kg DM | ||||||||
| Liver | 425 | 413 | 420 | 392 | 20.1 | 0.64 | 0.76 | 0.85 |
| Kidney | 169 | 153 | 150 | 143 | 4.60 | 0.14 | 0.22 | 0.60 |
| Pancreas | 168 | 152 | 160 | 147 | 9.51 | 0.48 | 0.75 | 0.93 |
| Bone 1 | 293 | 287 | 283 | 290 | 3.59 | 0.96 | 0.64 | 0.37 |
| Muscle | 43.9 | 40.3 | 43.4 | 43.0 | 1.37 | 0.50 | 0.71 | 0.57 |
| Duodenum | 85.9 | 85.6 | 82.9 | 84.7 | 1.27 | 0.79 | 0.47 | 0.69 |
| Jejunum | 70.1 a | 65.5 b | 65.7 b | 67.8 ab | 0.76 | 0.37 | 0.45 | 0.03 |
| Ileum | 77.2 | 79.7 | 84.5 | 82.1 | 1.13 | 0.99 | 0.03 | 0.25 |
| Copper, mg/kg DM | ||||||||
| Liver | 90.3 | 79.3 | 133.8 | 92.9 | 8.21 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.36 |
| Kidney | 39.3 | 46.2 | 41.8 | 44.6 | 2.78 | 0.42 | 0.95 | 0.74 |
| Pancreas | 2.10 | 2.10 | 2.46 | 2.54 | 0.173 | 0.95 | 0.27 | 0.89 |
| Bone 1 | 2.67 | 2.56 | 2.55 | 2.27 | 0.106 | 0.42 | 0.38 | 0.71 |
| Muscle | 2.53 | 2.39 | 2.62 | 2.76 | 0.163 | 0.99 | 0.52 | 0.69 |
| Duodenum | 57.3 | 54.3 | 75.4 | 51.6 | 4.90 | 0.43 | 0.18 | 0.30 |
| Jejunum | 12.8 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 10.5 | 0.515 | 0.61 | 0.09 | 0.22 |
| Ileum | 8.47 | 7.99 | 7.88 | 7.13 | 0.307 | 0.34 | 0.26 | 0.83 |
| Iron, mg/kg DM | ||||||||
| Liver | 354 | 342 | 389 | 415 | 15.3 | 0.83 | 0.08 | 0.85 |
| Kidney | 140 | 155 | 136 | 152 | 3.60 | 0.04 | 0.62 | 0.91 |
| Pancreas | 105 | 99.0 | 110 | 102 | 3.50 | 0.21 | 0.51 | 0.87 |
| Bone 1 | 167 | 177 | 172 | 175 | 4.98 | 0.54 | 0.92 | 0.75 |
| Muscle | 20.7 | 22.3 | 20.8 | 21.3 | 0.563 | 0.36 | 0.68 | 0.65 |
| Duodenum | 566 | 719 | 1329 | 1187 | 106 | 0.50 | 0.01 | 0.74 |
| Jejunum | 36.3 | 34.9 | 35.7 | 38.9 | 1.16 | 0.48 | 0.20 | 0.09 |
| Ileum | 41.0 | 36.0 | 41.8 | 35.4 | 1.13 | 0.01 | 0.97 | 0.75 |
| Manganese, mg/kg DM | ||||||||
| Liver | 9.92 | 10.2 | 9.86 | 9.51 | 0.201 | 0.91 | 0.39 | 0.48 |
| Kidney | 6.63 ab | 6.52 ab | 6.20 a | 6.94 b | 0.119 | 0.18 | 0.92 | 0.05 |
| Pancreas | 5.06 | 4.57 | 4.88 | 4.57 | 0.115 | 0.11 | 0.72 | 0.71 |
| Muscle | 0.45 | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.59 | 0.020 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.90 |
| Duodenum | 9.95 | 10.3 | 8.95 | 9.54 | 0.465 | 0.64 | 0.38 | 0.88 |
| Jejunum | 4.47 | 4.98 | 4.04 | 4.88 | 0.156 | 0.03 | 0.39 | 0.60 |
| Ileum | 3.50 | 3.58 | 3.50 | 3.40 | 0.128 | 0.98 | 0.73 | 0.75 |
C: cellulose, ZnGly: zinc chelate of glycine hydrate, PF: potato fibr. a,b Means within lines with different superscript letters are significantly different (p < 0.05) using by Fisher’s Least Significant Difference (LSD) post hoc test. 1 Bone mineral concentrations, mg/kg ash weight; Bold values denote statistical significance at the p < 0.05.