Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Table 3 Influence of diet δ¹⁵N values (‰) on δ¹⁵N incorporation into tissues in Trial 1

From: Effect of dietary stable isotopic ratios of carbon and nitrogen on the extent of their incorporation into tissues of rats

Tissues	Treatments		Time, d					P value
	δ¹³C = −17.90‰	δ¹³C = −13.89‰	0	3	7	14	21	SEM	Group	Time	Group × Time
	δ¹⁵N = 3.08‰	δ¹⁵N = 2.37‰
Liver	8.45^a	7.76^b	9.04^a	7.43^c	7.72^bc	7.83^bc	8.40^ab	0.19	< 0.01	< 0.01	0.61
Muscle	5.82^a	5.77^a	5.85^a	5.59^a	5.76^a	6.30^a	5.56^a	0.19	0.80	0.30	0.89
Blood	6.90^a	5.90^a	8.26^a	7.94^a	7.75^a	4.84^b	3.93^b	0.42	0.06	< 0.01	0.52

^{a, b, c} Mean values within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.05).

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