Table 7 Trace mineral excretion and retention of sheep fed trace mineral-fortified microbial culture (TMC) ¹⁾

 Zn

38.7^b

62.3^a

2.1

0.0004

 Cu

10.3^b

19.3^a

0.3

0.0001

 Co

0.0^b

0.1^a

0.1

0.0412

 Fe

352.7^b

446.0^a

24.7

0.0195

 Mn

84.0^b

89.3^a

1.4

0.0180

 Mo

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.9818

 Zn

nd²⁾

nd

-

-

 Cu

0.09

0.05

0.10

0.6792

 Co

nd

nd

-

-

 Fe

nd

nd

-

-

 Mn

nd

nd

-

-

 Mo

0.09

0.05

0.03

0.2302

 Zn

8.7^b

14.9^a

2.0

0.0363

 Cu

2.2^b

3.9^a

0.3

0.0048

 Co

0.011

0.015

0.020

0.9900

 Fe

120.8

138.0

24.7

0.5264

 Mn

-1.2

-0.4

1.4

0.5867

 Mo

-0.036

-0.007

0.057

0.4903