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)
		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
	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