Effects of dietary copper on organ indexes, tissular Cu, Zn and Fe deposition and fur quality of growing-furring male mink (Mustela vison)

Table 4 Effect of Cu supplementation on tissular Cu, Zn and Fe deposition in growing-furring mink

Treatments		Liver (DM basis, mg/kg)			Spleen (DM basis, mg/kg)			Heart (DM basis, mg/kg)			Kidney (DM basis, mg/kg)
Treatments		Cu	Zn	Fe	Cu	Zn	Fe	Cu	Zn	Fe	Cu	Zn	Fe
Control		16.25	81.17	473.8	12.98	96.24	1039.4	13.26	69.89	244.2	21.43	68.11	343.8
Cu6		19.00	97.33	445.1	15.57	94.22	1014.8	10.36	67.70	229.2	20.87	67.12	336.4
Cu12		32.36	93.28	447.1	15.85	95.44	1022.6	11.00	68.86	234.7	20.16	63.62	331.3
Cu24		67.13	96.92	445.8	17.68	97.98	1073.0	11.88	70.69	242.3	21.39	69.16	345.5
Cu48		66.44	81.55	416.3	18.73	95.48	998.4	12.86	68.89	240.0	21.34	68.06	342.9
Cu96		73.47	87.98	414.8	22.11	95.29	920.0	14.01	68.75	241.9	21.42	68.54	344.6
Cu192		96.50	95.77	409.7	26.48	95.41	942.3	15.36	68.84	239.9	20.87	67.59	357.4
SEM		4.67	1.67	9.31	0.79	0.76	14.8	0.32	0.54	2.21	0.34	1.22	5.62
p value	Linear	0.001	0.473	0.002	0.001	0.335	0.335	0.094	0.952	0.512	0.609	0.638	0.888
p value	Quad	0.002	0.212	0.412	0.179	0.459	0.459	0.689	0.994	0.589	0.602	0.679	0.883

Means with different letters within a row differ significantly (P < 0.05); data are expressed as Least Squares Means with pooled SEM; n = 8 per treatment.

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