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. 2025 Apr 11;12:1570265. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2025.1570265

Table 3.

Effect of DON and ZEN contamination and GUE on the growth performance of broilers.

Items CON MOL MGUE SEM p-value
Initial BW, kg 0.040 0.041 0.040 0.001 0.858
d 1–28
BW (28 d), kg 0.547b 0.540b 0.564a 0.011 0.047
BWG, kg 0.503b 0.501b 0.521a 0.009 0.048
FI, kg 1.342 1.282 1.344 0.053 0.056
F/G 2.647 2.555 2.565 0.118 0.962
d 1–56
BW (56 d), kg 1.678a 1.515b 1.703a 0.025 0.001
BWG, kg 1.637a 1.474b 1.663a 0.025 0.001
FI, kg 5.085a 4.875b 5.157a 0.076 0.044
F/G 3.104 3.317 3.105 0.074 0.095
d 1–84
BW (84 d), kg 3.442a 3.046b 3.500a 0.041 0.001
BWG, kg 3.402a 3.006b 3.460a 0.039 0.001
FI, kg 10.970b 10.615b 11.040a 0.184 0.034
F/G 3.225b 3.531a 3.192b 0.050 0.001

BW, body weight; BWG, BW gain; FI, feed intake; FCR (F/G), feed/gain; SEM, standard error of means. Values with the same or no letter superscripts in the same row mean no significant difference (p > 0.05), while with different letter superscripts mean significant difference (p < 0.05).