Table 6.

Concentration of zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn), copper (Cu), calcium (Ca), and phosphorus (P) in the liver, tibia, and excreta of layer-type chicks at 35 D, reared under thermoneutral conditions.

Treatments	Zn	Mn	Cu	Ca	P
	(mg/kg)				(mg/g)
Tibia composition
IM1	326.89b	7.61b	6.91b	425.56	221.61
AACM2	374.43a	8.66a	7.56a	445.10	231.98
P-value	<0.01	<0.01	0.012	0.068	0.076
SEM	7.530	0.155	0.131	5.313	2.908
Liver composition
IM1	142.68	6.81	21.35a	561.98	11.43
AACM2	142.16	6.40	18.14b	555.69	11.27
P-value	0.932	0.171	<0.01	0.781	0.443
SEM	3.051	0.142	0.574	11.117	0.108
Excreta composition
IM1	302.28b	303.99	34.96	29.74	11.40a
AACM2	336.79a	319.98	36.11	26.94	10.61b
P-value	<0.01	0.192	0.503	0.081	0.035
SEM	4.716	6.061	0.864	0.814	0.190

^a,bMeans lacking a common superscript letter differ, P < 0.05.

Abbreviations: Ca, calcium; Cu, copper; Mn, manganese; P, phosphorus; Zn, zinc.

¹IM: inorganic mineral.

²AACM: amino acids-mineral complexed.