Table 7. The effect of dietary marine derived Ca-Mg complex supplementation on apparent total tract digestibility of P, Ca, Mg, and N at the end of trial1)

Items (%) CON2) CM1 CM2 SEM p-value
Phosphorus 32.00 36.08 34.35 1.63 0.2183
Calcium 33.77 36.77 35.88 1.60 0.4024
Magnesium 23.98 25.68 25.05 0.65 0.1839
Nitrogen 66.52 68.21 69.35 1.03 0.1614
Values represent the means of 24 sows per treatment.
CON, basal diet; CM1, basal diet – MgO - 0.3% limestone + 0.40% marine derived Ca-Mg complex; CM2, basal diet - MgO - 0.7% limestone + 0.40% marine derived Ca-Mg complex.