Table 5 Nitrogen balance of sheep fed trace mineral-fortified microbial culture (TMC)¹⁾

Intake, g/d

15.9^b

16.5^a

0.1

0.0001

 Fecal

5.1

5.3

0.3

0.6181

 Urinary

8.9

8.8

0.6

0.8203

 Total

14.0

14.0

0.5

0.9656

Absorption, g/d

10.7

11.3

0.3

0.1203

 g/d

1.8

2.5

0.5

0.1928

 % intake

11.6

15.0

2.8

0.2387

 % absorbed

17.1

22.2

4.1

0.2374