Table 5.

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

Trace minerals	Level (mg/kg)	Se (μg/kg)	Zn (mg/kg)	Fe (mg/kg)	Cu (mg/kg)	Mn (μg/kg)
Uncoated	300	76.67c	14.13	43.35	1.92	249.00
	500	82.17c	14.97	41.90	2.48	274.17
	1,000	131.67a	17.70	47.85	2.80	275.17
Coated	300	109.00b	16.83	47.10	2.15	250.00
	500	138.33a	17.00	51.63	3.29	284.83
	1,000	124.83a	19.28	47.00	2.86	304.83
SEM		12.037	3.097	5.323	1.217	57.705
Main effect
Trace minerals	Coated	124.06	17.71	48.58	2.77	279.89
	Uncoated	96.83	15.60	44.37	2.40	266.11
Level	300	92.83c	15.48b	45.23	2.04	249.50
	500	110.25b	15.98b	46.77	2.88	279.50
	1,000	128.25a	18.49a	47.43	2.83	290.00
Value of p
Trace minerals		<0.001	0.004	0.026	0.421	0.506
Level		<0.001	0.001	0.597	0.240	0.260
Interaction		<0.001	0.842	0.071	0.777	0.845

^a,b,cMeans within columns not sharing a common superscript are significantly different at the 5% level of probability.