. 2022 Apr 12;13:831945. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.831945

Table 4.

Effects of trace mineral type (coated or uncoated) and supplementation level (300, 500, or 1,000 mg/kg) of trace minerals on liver mineral deposition in ducks (mg/kg).

Trace minerals	Level (mg/kg)	Se	Zn	Fe	Cu	Mn
Uncoated	300	0.60^c	47.97	298.67	58.00	3.50^b
	500	0.59^c	71.17	336.50	67.38	4.05^b
	1,000	0.87^a^,^b	81.9	317.33	80.00	4.50^b
Coated	300	0.78^b	58.62	345.67	65.75	3.92^b
	500	1.02^a	80.88	367.33	72.93	4.10^b
	1,000	0.83^b	86.45	304.83	90.13	5.63^a
SEM		0.143	11.605	33.965	18.208	0.833
Main effect
Trace minerals	Coated	0.88	75.32	339.28	76.27	4.55
Trace minerals	Uncoated	0.69	67.01	317.5	68.46	4.01
Level	300	0.69^b	53.29^b	322.17^a	61.88^b	3.71^b
	500	0.81^a^,^b	76.03^a^,^b	351.92^a	70.16^a^,^b	4.08^b
	1,000	0.85^a	84.18^a	311.08^b	85.07^a	5.06^a
Value of p
Trace minerals		<0.001	0.053	0.071	0.226	0.079
Level		0.041	<0.001	0.021	0.018	0.002
Interaction		0.002	0.810	0.114	0.957	0.002

Se, selenium; Zn, zinc; Fe, iron; Cu, copper; and Mn, manganese.

^a,b,c

Means within columns not sharing a common superscript are significantly different at the 5% level of probability.