Table 1.

Mineral concentration (mg/g) in blood, feces, femur, and urine samples at the end of the study for all experimental groups considering both sexes together.

		[Ca]	[Fe]	[Mg]	[P]	[Zn]
		(mg/g)	(mg/g)	(mg/g)	(mg/g)	(mg/g)
Blood	REF	60.11 ± 2.51	0.45 ± 0.01	34.36 ± 1.10	0.37 ± 0.01	0.005 ± 0.000
	V	63.45 ± 2.20	0.44 ± 0.01	32.28 ± 0.76	0.35 ± 0.01	0.005 ± 0.000
	V + I	57.21 ± 3.16 β	0.44 ± 0.00	31.80 ± 0.68	0.34 ± 0.01	0.005 ± 0.000
	V + A	59.53 ± 4.24 β	0.44 ± 0.01	31.73 ± 0.36 *β	0.34 ± 0.01	0.005 ± 0.000
Feces	REF	19.35 ± 1.43	0.41 ± 0.03	3.70 ± 0.14	12.39 ± 0.61	0.19 ± 0.01
	V	18.55 ± 1.21	0.39 ± 0.02	3.67 ± 0.15	12.02 ± 0.51	0.19 ± 0.01
	V + I	18.16 ± 1.36	0.43 ± 0.04	3.57 ± 0.04	12.13 ± 0.59	0.19 ± 0.01
	V + A	19.96 ± 1.04	0.39 ± 0.02	3.87 ± 0.13	13.20 ± 0.50	0.21 ± 0.01
Femur	REF	140.60 ± 6.33	0.05 ± 0.00	3.00 ± 0.13	66.95 ± 2.93	0.15 ± 0.01
	V	126.03 ± 8.05	0.06 ± 0.01	2.71 ± 0.15	61.61 ± 3.40	0.14 ± 0.00
	V + I	120.05 ± 6.73	0.05 ± 0.00	2.60 ± 0.16	58.93 ± 2.90	0.14 ± 0.00
	V + A	157.90 ± 4.77 βε	0.05 ± 0.00	3.45 ± 0.10 βε	76.87 ± 2.33 βε	0.16 ± 0.00 βε
Urine	REF	0.08 ± 0.03	0.002 ± 0.001	0.33 ± 0.12	0.04 ± 0.02	0.001 ± 0.000
	V	0.11 ± 0.04	0.001 ± 0.000	0.30 ± 0.08	0.13 ± 0.11	0.003 ± 0.003
	V + I	0.08 ± 0.02	0.000 ± 0.000	0.23 ± 0.05	0.04 ± 0.02	0.002 ± 0.001
	V + A	0.17 ± 0.07	0.001 ± 0.000	0.33 ± 0.10	0.02 ± 0.00	0.001 ± 0.001

Results are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 10/group). Calcium and magnesium blood concentrations are expressed as the mean ± SEM of mg of each mineral × 10⁻³/g of sample. REEF: animals no receiving supplement; V: animals receiving a daily supplement based on a food matrix with proteins, vitamins and minerals; V + I: inulin-enriched supplement-fed animals, and V + A: acacia-enriched supplement-fed animals.* p < 0.05 vs. REF group; ^β p < 0.05 vs. V group; ^ε p < 0.05 vs. V + I group. Ca: calcium; Fe: iron; Mg: magnesium; P: phosphorus; Zn: zinc.