Number of ingredients | ||||||
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NRC | FEDIAF | |||||
Mean ingredient number of diets below (± SE) | Mean ingredient number of diets above (± SE) | p | Mean ingredient number of diets below (± SE) | Mean ingredient number of diets above (± SE) | p | |
Crude protein | 4.33 ± 1.20 | 7.14 ± 0.57 | 0.097 | 4.50 ± 0.87 | 7.53 ± 0.63 | 0.022 |
Ether extract | 5.00 ± 0.79 | 7.75 ± 0.70 | 0.072 | 5.00 ± 0.79 | 7.65 ± 0.67 | 0.028 |
Calcium | 5.57 ± 0.89 | 7.28 ± 0.64 | 0.156 | 6.82 ± 0.63 | 6.75 ± 0.92 | 0.948 |
Phosphorus | 10.00 ± 3.16 | 6.67 ± 0.53 | 0.226 | 6.32 ± 0.58 | 8.33 ± 1.18 | 0.113 |
Ca:P1 ratio | – | – | – | 5.70 ± 0.76 | 8.00 ± 0.89 | 0.166 |
Potassium | 6.40 ± 0.57 | 8.40 ± 1.30 | 0.140 | 6.96 ± 0.54 | 3.00 ± 1.73 | 0.162 |
Magnesium | 6.00 ± 2.45 | 6.83 ± 0.53 | 0.757 | 5.50 ± 1.66 | 6.91 ± 0.55 | 0.470 |
Sodium | 3.33 ± 1.05 | 7.27 ± 0.57 | 0.025 | 4.00 ± 0.82 | 7.68 ± 0.64 | 0.007 |
Copper | 4.00 ± 2.00 | 6.92 ± 0.54 | 0.290 | 6.00 ± 1.73 | 6.87 ± 0.55 | 0.655 |
Iron | 6.32 ± 0.54 | 10.33 ± 1.85 | 0.021 | a | a | a |
Manganese | 7.81 ± 0.70 | 5.00 ± 0.75 | 0.017 | 7.63 ± 0.63 | 4.17 ± 0.83 | 0.010 |
Selenium | 6.88 ± 0.63 | 6.62 ± 0.91 | 0.820 | 6.95 ± 0.58 | 6.00 ± 1.22 | 0.510 |
Zinc | 6.69 ± 0.65 | 7.00 ± 0.88 | 0.820 | 6.95 ± 0.58 | 6.00 ± 1.22 | 0.510 |