Table 2 Effect on T-2 toxin growth performance in broilers
Items | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T5 | SEM | p-value |
Linear | Quadratic |
Week 0–3 |
BWG (g) | 667.52a | 659.59a | 651.05a | 493.08b | 467.92b | 11.001 | < .0001 | 0.0022 |
ADFI (g) | 769.49a | 764.77a | 745.96b | 742.23b | 705.02c | 15.420 | 0.048 | 0.0239 |
FCR | 1.543b | 1.552b | 1.541b | 1.601a | 1.629a | 0.046 | < .0001 | 0.0939 |
Week 4–6 |
BWG (g) | 983.22a | 963.92b | 977.92a | 877.71c | 702.62d | 6.890 | < .0001 | < .0001 |
ADFI (g) | 2,022.88a | 2,012.49a | 1,967.65a | 1,819.50b | 1,703.67c | 19.785 | < .0001 | < .0001 |
FCR | 1.562b | 1.509b | 1.556b | 1.584a | 1.572a | 0.033 | < .0001 | 0.0017 |
Overall (Week 0–6) |
BWG (g) | 1,507.51a | 1,470.98a | 1,451.73b | 1,270.79c | 1,170.54d | 16.883 | < .0001 | < .0001 |
ADFI (g) | 2,792.39a | 2,777.27ab | 2,713.62b | 2,561.73c | 2,408.69d | 24.072 | < .0001 | < .0001 |
FCR | 1.569b | 1.512b | 1.492c | 1.673a | 1.668a | 0.035 | < .0001 | 0.0070 |
Each mean represents values from 5 replicates (12 birds/replicate).
Control (T1), basal diet), basal diet supplemented with 50 (T2)), 100 (T3)), 150 (T4)), 200 (T5)) ppb T2-toxin for feeding trial.
Means in the same row with different superscripts differ (p < 0.05).
SEM, standard error mean; BWG, body weight gain; ADFI, avergae daily feed intake; FCR, feed conversion ratio.