Effect of feeding mixed microbial culture fortified with trace minerals on ruminal fermentation, nutrient digestibility, nitrogen and trace mineral balance in Sheep

Table 6 Intake, absorbable intake and apparent absorbability of trace minerals by sheep fed trace mineral-fortified microbial culture (TMC)¹⁾

Item	Control	TMC added	SE	p value
Intake, mg/d
Zn	47.4^b	77.2^a	0.2	<0.0001
Cu	12.6^b	23.3^a	0.1	<0.0001
Co	0.02^b	0.11^a	0.01	<0.0001
Fe	473.6^b	584.0^a	0.1	<0.0001
Mn	82.8^b	88.9^a	0.1	<0.0001
Mo	0.24	0.24	0.01	0.3974
Absorbable intake, mg/d
Zn	8.7^b	14.9^a	2.0	0.0363
Cu	2.33^b	3.96^a	0.24	0.0088
Co	0.001	0.002	0.03	0.5500
Fe	120.8	137.8	24.7	0.5264
Mn	-1.24	-0.44	1.37	0.5867
Mo	0.057	0.053	0.030	0.9237
Apparent absorbability, %
Zn	18.4	19.3	3.4	0.8077
Cu	18.5	17.0	1.5	0.3956
Co	1.7	2.1	5.6	0.5544
Fe	25.5	23.6	5.1	0.7312
Mn	-1.5	-0.5	1.6	0.5597
Mo	23.3	22.4	12.3	0.9433

¹⁾On a dry matter basis
^a,bMeans with different superscripts within the same row are significantly different (p < 0.05)

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