Table 4.

Effect of trace mineral injection (TMI) ¹ or no TMI (CON) on calf plasma concentrations ² at branding (49 ± 1.3 days of age) in year 1.

Item	Normal Range 3	CON	TMI	SEM	p-Value
Copper, mg/L	0.7 to 0.9	0.86	0.90	0.039	0.54
Manganese, ug/L	6.0 to 70.0	12.5	16.4	2.15	0.21
Selenium, ug/L	64 to 140	51.9	61.7	2.66	0.02
Zinc, mg/L	0.8 to 1.4	1.00	1.16	0.056	0.05

¹ Dams in TMI treatment received 6 mL of Multimin 90, 50 days prior to the start of calving season, and their calves received at 1 mL at birth. ² Calf sex was used as a covariate. ³ Adapted from Kincaid [15] and Herdt and Hoff [22].