Table 5
Nitrogen balance of sheep fed trace mineral-fortified microbial culture (TMC)¹⁾

Item	Control	TMC added	SE	p value
Intake, g/d	15.9b	16.5a	0.1	0.0001
Excretion, g/d
Fecal	5.1	5.3	0.3	0.6181
Urinary	8.9	8.8	0.6	0.8203
Total	14.0	14.0	0.5	0.9656
Absorption, g/d	10.7	11.3	0.3	0.1203
Retention
g/d	1.8	2.5	0.5	0.1928
% intake	11.6	15.0	2.8	0.2387
% absorbed	17.1	22.2	4.1	0.2374