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Table 2 Comparison of the microelements concentrations in the bones and bone marrow between the wild and farmed red deer

From: Comparison of the accumulation of macro- and microelements in the bone marrow and bone of wild and farmed red deer (Cervus elaphus)

Analyzed parameters

Wild red deer

Farm red deer

ta/Zb

p

M

SD

M

SD

Bone marrow

Ca

mg/kg

1192.725

919.792

2462.461

2277.757

-1.519a

0.152

P

770.061

516.075

1520.283

1111.409

-1.527a

0.174

Mg

34.972

15.076

72.681

42.140

15.000b

0.181

K

91.221

23.598

294.103

282.351

-2.186a

0.047*

Na

369.312

73.577

2078.073

2196.267

2.000b

0.001*

Li

<LOD

<LOD

<LOD

<LOD

–

–

Cr

0.038

0.052

0.079

0.079

16.000b

0.223

Mn

0.008

0.012

0.027

0.026

11.000b

0.066

Co

<LOD

<LOD

0.0003

0.0002

13.500b

0.113

Cu

0.216

0.077

0.487

0.525

19.000b

0.388

Zn

1.309

0.272

2.296

1.228

-2.366a

0.034*

Se

0.007

0.004

0.036

0.034

3.000b

0.003*

Mo

0.001

0.002

0.018

0.036

17.500b

0.272

Sn

0.102

0.073

0.166

0.076

-1.644a

0.124

Bone

Ca

320,545.995

13,845.508

273,469.050

19,228.194

5.538a

< 0.001*

P

110,062.456

5364.193

92,739.045

3907.156

6.768a

< 0.001*

Mg

6103.294

540.307

4537.1088

343.482

6.264a

< 0.001*

K

551.586

72.051

434.745

42.487

3.555a

0.003*

Na

8606.449

355.414

7082.525

579.192

6.359a

< 0.001*

Li

1.421

0.773

0.232

0.038

3.719a

0.002*

Cr

0.131

0.234

4.148

5.472

7.000b

0.017*

Mn

0.788

0.213

1.388

0.713

-2.408a

0.031*

Co

0.065

0.005

0.091

0.076

22.000b

0.607

Cu

0.054

0.115

0.754

0.347

< 0.001b

< 0.001*

Zn

63.343

5.831

59.249

8.355

1.124a

0.281

Se

0.003

< 0.001

0.006

< 0.001

−266.771a

< 0.001*

Mo

0.027

0.019

0.398

0.737

< 0.001b

< 0.001*

Sn

0.182

0.103

<LOD

<LOD

–

–

Body weight

kg

46.5

2.916

49.5

2.091

16.500b

0.224

  1. a– the Student’s t-test result, b– Mann-Whitney test results, M-mean, SD- standard deviation, <LOD - below the limit of detection, *statistically significant values at p < 0.05