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Table 2 Marker concentrations in corn-soybean meal diet containing either titanium dioxide, chromic oxide, or both titanium dioxide and chromic oxidea

From: Disappearance and appearance of an indigestible marker in feces from growing pigs as affected by previous- and current-diet composition

 

Titanium, mg/kg diet

Chromium, mg/kg diet

Diet 1-Cr 2 O 3

  

 Sample 1

240

2,700

 Sample 2

173

2,400

 Sample 3

246

2,900

 Sample 4

161

2,400

  Mean

205

2,600

  SD

44

245

  CV

21.6

9.4

Diet 2-TiO 2

  

 Sample 1

2,491

<0.01

 Sample 2

2,529

<0.01

 Sample 3

2,635

<0.01

 Sample 4

2,465

<0.01

  Mean

2,530

  SD

75

  CV

3.0

Diet 3-Cr 2 O 3 and TiO 2

  

 Sample 1

2,942

2,400

 Sample 2

2,831

2,500

 Sample 3

2,995

2,800

 Sample 4

2,768

2,700

  Mean

2,884

2,600

  SD

103

183

  CV

3.6

7.0

  1. aThe addition of 5,000 mg Cr2O3 added × 99.3% purity × 684 g/kg Cr would result in an expected level of 3,395 mg Cr/kg diet. The addition of 5,000 mg TiO2 added × 99.0% purity × 600 g/kg Cr would result in an expected level of 2,970 mg Ti/kg diet