Table 10.
Concentration of zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn), copper (Cu), calcium (Ca), and phosphorus (P) on the liver, tibia, and excreta of layer-type chicks at 35 D, reared under cold stress conditions.
| Treatments | Zn |
Mn |
Cu |
Ca |
P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (mg/kg) | (mg/g) | ||||
| Tibia composition | |||||
| IM1 | 397.01 | 8.48 | 7.12 | 439.08 | 227.94 |
| AACM2 | 385.04 | 8.91 | 7.18 | 440.09 | 229.76 |
| P-value | 0.215 | 0.098 | 0.821 | 0.892 | 0.667 |
| SEM | 7.530 | 0.154 | 0.131 | 5.315 | 2.908 |
| Liver composition | |||||
| IM1 | 154.58 | 8.87 | 20.09 | 548.84 | 14.54 |
| AACM2 | 146.14 | 8.56 | 19.93 | 532.62 | 14.44 |
| P-value | 0.272 | 0.267 | 0.809 | 0.461 | 0.778 |
| SEM | 3.802 | 0.131 | 0.317 | 10.902 | 0.160 |
| Excreta composition | |||||
| IM1 | 350.44 | 488.48 | 59.19 | 44.99 | 20.55a |
| AACM2 | 364.13 | 470.69 | 57.38 | 42.38 | 18.79b |
| P-value | 0.173 | 0.301 | 0.565 | 0.378 | 0.023 |
| SEM | 5.035 | 8.567 | 1.521 | 1.430 | 0.404 |
a,bMeans lacking a common superscript letter differ, P < 0.05.
Abbreviations: Ca, calcium; Cu, copper; Mn, manganese; P, phosphorus; Zn, zinc.
1
IM: inorganic mineral.
2
AACM: amino acids-mineral complexed.