Table 5. Effects of dietary Ca concentration on bone mineralization in pig (experiment 1)1)
Ca level | Low | Standard | High | SEM | p-value |
Bone ash (%) | 62.96 | 62.57 | 61.83 | 3.95 | 0.959 |
Bone Ca (%) | 35.13 | 36.18 | 36.29 | 1.02 | 0.498 |
Bone P (%) | 16.89 | 17.84 | 18.35 | 1.97 | 0.763 |
Bone Mg (%) | 4.91 | 5.02 | 5.60 | 0.68 | 0.586 |
Bone ash (g) | 6.68 | 6.78 | 6.70 | 0.42 | 0.971 |
Bone Ca (g) | 2.34 | 2.45 | 2.43 | 0.16 | 0.794 |
Bone P (g) | 1.13 | 1.20 | 1.23 | 0.14 | 0.797 |
Bone Mg (g) | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.37 | 0.03 | 0.451 |
Phase 1: Low, 0.60%; Standard, 0.72%; High, 0.84%; Phase 2: Low, 0.50%; Standard, 0.66%; High, 0.82%.