Table 11.
Scanning electron X-ray analyses of dicalcium phosphate (DCP) samples.
| Parameters | DCP1 Level 2 |
DCP2 Level 2 |
DCP3 Level 2 |
SEM 1 | p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.034 | 0.197 |
| Magnesium | 1.15 a | 0.15c | 0.74 b | 0.113 | <0.0001 |
| Aluminium | 0.30 a | 0.16 b | 0.15 b | 0.034 | 0.013 |
| Silicon | 0.01 b | 0.20 a | 0.15 ab | 0.048 | 0.033 |
| Sulphur | 2.06 ab | 0.52 b | 4.02 a | 0.989 | 0.028 |
| Chlorine | 0.00 b | 0.62 a | 0.00 b | 0.035 | <0.0001 |
| Potassium | 0.11 a | 0.00 b | 0.00 b | 0.025 | 0.010 |
| Iron | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.043 | 0.347 |
| Copper | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.010 | 0.489 |
The large numbers (1, 2 and 3) correspond to the commercial source described in Table 1; subscripts represent the level of total P added to each experimental diet (g/Kg). Level 2: 1.5 g of added P from the test source/kg. 1 SEM: standard error of the mean.