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Fig. 8.6.Urinary Zn excretion by young growing male rats. The figure is a simulation based on a kinetic
model of Zn metabolism (Fig. 8.1) and published data for rats fed a semi-synthetic diet with varying Zn
concentrations as described in the text.

Fig. 8.7.Faecal Zn excretion by young growing male rats. The figure is a simulation as described in Fig. 8.6.