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. 2021 Jul;15(7):None. doi: 10.1016/j.animal.2021.100257

Table 5.

Mineral composition of the Longissimus dorsi of the cattle (n = 15) from the three pasture-based systems over 3 years.

Element PP GWC MG SED P (F2,4)
Macro minerals (mg/100 g FM)
 Ca BDL BDL BDL
 K 363 361 364 2.7 0.581
 Mg 23.3a 23.0b 23.4a 0.05 0.004
 Na 46.9b 48.5 49.5a 0.68 0.049
 P 179 175 177 2.8 0.435
 S 173 169 171 2.7 0.343
Micro minerals (mg/100 g FM or μg/100 g FMβ)
 As BDL BDL BDL
 Co BDL BDL BDL
 Crβ 25.5 27.3 18.7 18.71 0.847
 Cuβ 60.5 57.8 64.1 2.83 0.203
 Fe 1.91 1.96 20.3 0.129 0.686
 Moβ 0.59 0.58 0.56 0.097 0.963
 Mnβ 10.8 10.07 10.9 0.75 0.534
 Niβ 7.92 4.81 8.35 3.057 0.511
 Seβ 5.13 6.70 7.01 0.830 0.162
 Zn 4.04 3.91 4.03 0.113 0.522
Non-nutritional elements (mg/100 g FM or μg/100 g FMβ)
 Al BDL BDL BDL
 Cdβ 0.575 0.182 1.173 0.5481 0.299
 Pbβ 3.38 2.86 13.5 5.35 0.196
 Tiβ 81.3 79.7 81.1 1.28 0.462

Abbreviation: PP = permanent pasture; GWC = grass and white clover; MG = short-term monoculture grass ley; FM = fresh matter; BDL = below detection limit. Elements close to their analytical limit of detection (LOD): Al, LOD 3.65 mg/100 g FM; As, LOD 1.1 μg/100 g FM; Ca, LOD 8.32 mg/100 g FM; Cd, LOD 0.08 μg/100 g FM; Co, 7.6 μg/100 g FM; Cr, LOD 3.7 μg/100 g FM; Mo, LOD 0.26 μg/100 g FM; Ni, LOD 1.6 μg/100 g FM; Pb, LOD 1.3 μg/100 g FM.

abValues within a row with different superscripts differ significantly at P < 0.05.