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Table 4.

Influence of dietary treatments on mineral balance of piglets^*

(Mean values and pooled standard errors)

	C	D	D-A	D-CA	sem	P
P
Intake (g/d)	2⋅32^d	2⋅49^c	2⋅69^a	2⋅60^b	0⋅03	<0⋅001
Excreted in faeces (g/d)	0⋅95	0⋅94	1⋅01	1⋅06	0⋅03	0⋅14
Absorbed (g/d)	1⋅37^c	1⋅56^a,b	1⋅68^a	1⋅54^a,b	0⋅03	0⋅001
ATTD (%)	59⋅2	62⋅5	62⋅4	59⋅1	0⋅94	0⋅23
Urinary excreted (g/d)	0⋅02^c	0⋅08^b	0⋅14^a	0⋅03^b,c	0⋅01	<0⋅001
Retained (g/d)	1⋅36	1⋅48	1⋅53	1⋅50	0⋅03	0⋅071
AR (%)	58⋅4	59⋅4	56⋅1	57⋅8	0⋅95	0⋅52
Urinary elimination (%)^†	1⋅48^c	4⋅96^b	8⋅38^a	2⋅34^b,c	0⋅72	<0⋅001
Ca
Intake (g/d)	2⋅78^b	2⋅70^b	2⋅68^b	3⋅47^a	0⋅07	<0⋅001
Excreted in faeces (g/d)	1⋅22^a,b	1⋅22^a,b	1⋅15^b	1⋅50^a	0⋅05	0⋅026
Absorbed (g/d)	1⋅56^b	1⋅48^b	1⋅54^b	1⋅97^a	0⋅06	<0⋅001
ATTD (%)	56⋅2	54⋅8	57⋅4	56⋅9	1⋅24	0⋅88
Urinary excreted (g/d)	0⋅26^a,b	0⋅09^c	0⋅17^b,c	0⋅33^a	0⋅03	<0⋅001
Retained (g/d)	1⋅26^b	1⋅38^b	1⋅37^b	1⋅64^a	0⋅04	<0⋅001
AR (%)	45⋅4	51⋅2	51⋅1	47⋅3	1⋅13	0⋅060
Urinary elimination (%)^†	17⋅4^a	6⋅4^b	11⋅1^b	16⋅5^a	1⋅18	<0⋅001
Na
Intake (g/d)	0⋅61^a	0⋅52^b	0⋅48^c	0⋅60^a	0⋅01	<0⋅001
Excreted in faeces (g/d)	0⋅08^a	0⋅09^a	0⋅05^b	0⋅05^b	0⋅01	0⋅045
Absorbed (g/d)	0⋅54^a	0⋅43^b	0⋅44^b	0⋅56^a	0⋅01	<0⋅001
ATTD (%)	87⋅5^a,b	82⋅1^b	90⋅2^a,b	92⋅1^a	1⋅32	0⋅029
Urinary excreted (g/d)	0⋅11	0⋅09	0⋅13	0⋅18	0⋅02	0⋅15
Retained (g/d)	0⋅43	0⋅34	0⋅30	0⋅37	0⋅02	0⋅13
AR (%)	69⋅9	64⋅8	62⋅9	61⋅8	3⋅09	0⋅84
Urinary elimination (%)^†	20⋅3	20⋅9	31⋅0	33⋅3	3⋅23	0⋅39
K
Intake (g/d)	2⋅90^c	3⋅06^b	3⋅31^a	3⋅29^a	0⋅04	<0⋅001
Excreted in faeces (g/d)	0⋅82^c	0⋅92^b,c	1⋅18^a	1⋅08^a,b	0⋅04	0⋅001
Absorbed (g/d)	2⋅08	2⋅14	2⋅13	2⋅22	0⋅03	0⋅47
ATTD (%)	71⋅5^a	70⋅0^a,b	64⋅4^b	67⋅3^a,b	0⋅96	0⋅042
Urinary excreted (g/d)	1⋅68^a,b	1⋅43^b	1⋅79^a	1⋅83^a	0⋅05	0⋅019
Retained (g/d)	0⋅39^a,b	0⋅71^a	0⋅34^b	0⋅38^b	0⋅05	0⋅025
AR (%)	13⋅6^a,b	23⋅3^a	10⋅3^b	11⋅6^b	1⋅64	0⋅011
Urinary elimination^† (%)^†	80⋅9^a,b	67⋅1^b	84⋅1^a	82⋅7^a	2⋅28	0⋅018
S
Intake (g/d)	0⋅80^b	0⋅98^a	0⋅98^a	0⋅99^a	0⋅02	<0⋅001
Excreted in faeces (g/d)	0⋅18	0⋅20	0⋅22	0⋅22	0⋅01	0⋅059
Absorbed (g/d)	0⋅62^b	0⋅78^a	0⋅77^a	0⋅76^a	0⋅01	<0⋅001
ATTD (%)	76⋅9	79⋅8	78⋅1	77⋅6	0⋅51	0⋅25
Urinary excreted (g/d)	0⋅25^b	0⋅33^a	0⋅38^a	0⋅36^a	0⋅01	<0⋅001
Retained (g/d)	0⋅36	0⋅45	0⋅39	0⋅41	0⋅01	0⋅087
AR (%)	45⋅5	45⋅7	38⋅8	41⋅3	1⋅17	0⋅19
Urinary elimination (%)^†	40⋅9	42⋅8	49⋅1	46⋅9	1⋅31	0⋅12
Cl
Intake (g/d)	2⋅09^c	2⋅06^c	4⋅72^b	5⋅03^a	0⋅30	<0⋅001
Excreted in faeces (g/d)	0⋅14^c	0⋅18^b,c	0⋅27^a	0⋅26^a,b	0⋅02	0⋅002
Absorbed (g/d)	1⋅95^c	1⋅88^c	4⋅45^b	4⋅77^a	0⋅29	<0⋅001
ATTD (%)	93⋅4^a,b	91⋅4^b	94⋅3^a	94⋅8^a	0⋅40	0⋅004
Urinary excreted (g/d)	1⋅48^b	1⋅33^b	3⋅82^a	3⋅78^a	0⋅27	<0⋅001
Retained (g/d)	0⋅48^b	0⋅55^b	0⋅63^a	0⋅98^a	0⋅06	0⋅003
AR (%)	22⋅9^a,b	26⋅9^a	13⋅1^b	19⋅6^a,b	1⋅68	0⋅014
Urinary elimination (%)^†	75⋅5^a,b	70⋅6^b	86⋅1^a	79⋅4^a,b	1⋅83	0⋅009

C, control low-fibre diet; D, diet enriched in local feedstuffs with a normal dietary electrolyte balance; D-A, diet enriched in local feedstuffs with a low dietary electrolyte balance; D-CA, D-A diet supplemented with Ca; ATTD, apparent total tract digestibility; AR, apparent retention.

^a,b,c,d Mean values within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P<0⋅05).

n 6.

^†

Percentage of the amount absorbed, as described in the Materials and methods section.