. 2023 May 23;102(8):102795. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.102795

Table 3.

Effects of MMDA on overall laying performance of hens from d 1 to d 42 on trial (d 232 to d 273 of age).

Treatment groups		T1	T2	T3	T4	T4	T6	T7	Oneway ANOVA
Hens	n^o	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	P
Replicates	n^o	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
MMDA	g/kg		2		1		2	3
AFB1	mg/kg			0.05	0.05	0.50	0.50	0.50
T2-toxin	mg/kg			1.5	1.5	2.0	2.0	2.0
		d 1 to d 42 on trial (d 232 to d 273of age)
Body weight start		1947.2 ± 87.1	1946.0 ± 147.6	1945.4 ± 37.7	1946.8 ± 44.7	1946.2 ± 67.6	1947.4 ± 41.9	1951.6 ± 44.2	1.000
Body weight - end	g	1998.4 ± 52.4	1990.0 ± 75.4	2000.2 ± 42.0	1991.2 ± 30.4	1971.8 ± 40.8	2001.6 ± 89.2	1981.2 ± 49.4	0.980
Body weight change	g	51.2 ± 91.4	44.0 ± 75.5	54.8 ± 24.4	44.4 ± 23.2	25.6 ± 46.2	54.2 ± 63.6	29.6 ± 54.7	0.975
Cumulative feed intake	g	5151.5 ± 73.0^a	5133.6 ± 102.5^a	5003.6 ± 60.7^ab	5042.5 ± 81.2^ab	4965.1 ± 91.0^b	4999.3 ± 47.6^ab	4997.8 ± 85.5^ab	0.004
Daily feed intake	g	122.7 ± 1.7^a	122.2 ± 2.4^a	119.1 ± 1.4^ab	120.1 ± 1.9^ab	118.2 ± 2.2^b	119.0 ± 1.1^ab	119.0 ± 2.0^ab	0.004
Cumulative egg production	n^o	40.4 ± 0.^8c	40.2 ± 0.9^bc	37.3 ± 1.1^a	38.1 ± 0.6^ab	36.5 ± 1.3^a	36.7 ± 1.3^a	36.9 ± 1.4^a	<0.001
Mean egg weight	g	64.1 ± 0.6	64.7 ± 0.6	64.6 ± 0.7	64.5 ± 0.5	64.3 ± 0.6	64.5 ± 0.8	64.8 ± 0.6	0.636
Cumulative egg mass	g	2590.3 ± 42.8^bc	2603.0 ± 65.9^c	2413.2 ± 83.2^a	2458.7 ± 48.2^ab	2343.5 ± 68.1^a	2363.0 ± 61.9^a	2386.6 ± 83.8^a	<0.001
Cumulative feed conversion ratio¹		1.989 ± 0.025^ab	1.974 ± 0.082^a	2.075 ± 0.075^ab	2.051 ± 0.052^ab	2.121 ± 0.092^ab	2.117 ± 0.073^b	2.097 ± 0.105^ab	0.020
Cumulative broken eggs	n^o	1.8 ± 1.1	0.6 ± 0.9	1.0 ± 1.2	1.2 ± 0.8	1.2 ± 1.3	1.0 ± 0.7	0.8 ± 0.4	0.602
Cumulative dirty eggs	n^o	2.0 ± 1.9	1.8 ± 1.3	1.6 ± 0.9	1.6 ± 1.1	1.6 ± 1.1	2.0 ± 0.7	1.0 ± 1.0	0.871

Abbreviations: AFB1, aflatoxin B1; MMDA, multicomponent mycotoxin detoxifying agent.

Different superscripts in same row are significant (a/b: P ≤ 0.05).

kg feed per kg egg mass.