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. 2023 Feb 16;13:2747. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-29717-3

Table 3.

Mineral excretion in urine and faeces and retention in sheep (Charolais × Suffolk-Mule) on day 14 as a % of the total element intake on day 13 (% w/w) and total balance results.

Elements Variables Treatments P-values of the ANOVA test
IL IH OL OH Form Dose Form × dose
Se Excretion to urine (% of total intake) 11.2 ± 1.39 9.42 ± 0.670 13.0 ± 0.33 7.80 ± 0.806 0.936 0.001*** 0.064
Excretion to faeces (% of total intake) 52.2 ± 2.27 45.5 ± 3.14 50.9 ± 2.34 43.3 ± 2.51 0.511 0.016* 0.872
Retention (% of total intake) 36.6 ± 1.85 45.1 ± 3.11 36.1 ± 2.33 48.9 ± 2.14 0.478  < 0.001*** 0.377
Zn Excretion to urine (% of total intake) 6.62 ± 1.901 8.20 ± 1.819 8.89 ± 1.849 7.63 ± 1.102 0.525 0.905 0.298
Excretion to faeces (% of total intake) 114 ± 10.9 111 ± 13.8 115 ± 9.4 96.9 ± 6.74 0.522 0.309 0.474
Retention (% of total intake) − 20.7 ± 12.55 − 19.1 ± 15.15 − 23.8 ± 9.54 − 4.54 ± 6.571 0.593 0.336 0.415
Cu Excretion to urine (% of total intake) 0.39 ± 0.078 0.32 ± 0.038 0.43 ± 0.040 0.34 ± 0.037 0.493 0.055 0.906
Excretion to faeces (% of total intake) 97.6 ± 4.33 89.0 ± 2.04 92.8 ± 2.06 79.4 ± 4.82 0.081 0.012* 0.538
Retention (% of total intake) 1.99 ± 4.374 10.6 ± 2.02 6.74 ± 2.062 20.3 ± 4.84 0.083 0.012* 0.538
Mn Excretion to urine (% of total intake) 0.11 ± 0.026 0.12 ± 0.017 0.12 ± 0.018 0.11 ± 0.019 0.891 0.981 0.762
Excretion to faeces (% of total intake) 95.3 ± 2.55 91.1 ± 5.31 90.2 ± 5.74 85.9 ± 7.34 0.326 0.419 0.995
Retention (% of total intake) 4.57 ± 2.562 8.76 ± 5.317 9.70 ± 5.744 14.0 ± 7.34 0.327 0.420 0.994
S Excretion to urine (% of total intake) 55.8 ± 5.83 59.6 ± 3.52 59.5 ± 4.33 54.4 ± 3.46 0.818 0.860 0.232
Excretion to faeces (% of total intake) 40.5 ± 1.19 42.5 ± 2.75 41.2 ± 2.43 38.7 ± 3.57 0.547 0.932 0.393
Retention (% of total intake) 3.63 ± 5.358 − 2.17 ± 5.216 − 0.64 ± 5.546 6.89 ± 5.685 0.556 0.832 0.114
P Excretion to urine (% of total intake) 0.19 ± 0.057 0.11 ± 0.028 0.07 ± 0.009 0.12 ± 0.027 0.189 0.734 0.112
Excretion to faeces (% of total intake) 94.3 ± 4.31 94.6 ± 4.06 93.9 ± 3.53 83.5 ± 6.73 0.256 0.324 0.297
Retention (% of total intake) 5.47 ± 4.310 5.25 ± 4.070 6.08 ± 3.523 16.4 ± 6.73 0.252 0.323 0.302

Significant values are in bold.

OH organic minerals offered at higher doses, OL organic minerals offered at lower doses, IH inorganic minerals offered at higher doses, IL inorganic minerals offered at lower doses. The symbol ‘*’ and ‘***’ indicate statistical significances of ANOVA test at p-value < 0.05 and < 0.001, respectively.