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Table 2 Mineral contents of some leaves

From: An investigation on chemical/mineral compositions, ruminal microbial fermentation, and feeding value of some leaves as alternative forages for finishing goats during the dry season

Item

Leaf

SEM

p-value

Quince

Pear

Olive

Mirabelle plum

Greengage

Sour cherry

Persimmon

Ca

11.18d

15.49bc

17.43b

14.48c

14.59c

14.47c

19.82a

0.47

 < 0.001

P

0.11e

1.65c

1.19d

3.02a

2.66a

2.13b

1.21d

0.09

 < 0.001

K

9.20d

5.84e

7.33de

19.41a

16.50b

12.45c

18.37ab

0.51

 < 0.001

Na

0.51c

0.38d

0.51c

0.80a

0.66b

0.52c

0.62bc

0.02

 < 0.001

Mg

6.55ab

4.09bc

3.73c

3.96bc

7.54a

6.52ab

7.51a

0.55

 < 0.001

Mn

48.10de

135.03a

49.23de

57.43d

109.13b

39.53e

75.64c

2.11

 < 0.001

Co

2.43

2.87

2.50

2.80

2.40

2.43

2.63

0.27

0.79

Fe

136.67a

95.12c

97.57c

106.33bc

108.08bc

120.20ab

109.58bc

4.46

 < 0.001

Zn

26.83ab

27.63ab

14.53c

29.67a

22.07abc

20.00bc

18.43c

1.63

 < 0.001

Cu

11.49a

8.83b

3.24d

5.33c

4.83c

2.92d

3.52d

0.16

 < 0.001

  1. Means with different letters within the same row are significantly different according to p-value indicated
  2. Ca calcium (g/kg DM), P phosphorus (g/kg DM), K potassium (g/kg DM), Na sodium (g/kg DM), Mg magnesium (g/kg DM), Mn manganese (mg/kg DM), Co cobalt (mg/kg DM), Fe iron (mg/kg DM), Zn zinc (mg/kg DM), Cu copper (mg/kg DM), SEM standard error of the mean