Table 1.
Deoxynivalenol (mg/kg diet) Birds (species and sex) | Duration of exposure (days) | Performance traits | Reference |
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Up to 15 mg/kg diet Broiler (male or mixed sex) | 21–42 | No effects on performance | [16,17,18,35,36,37,38,39,40,41] |
10–15 mg/kg diet Broiler (male or mixed sex) | 21–42 | Reduced feed intake, weight gain and feed efficiency | [13,29,30,31] |
20 mg/kg diet Turkey poults (female) | 21 | No effects on performance | [45] |
2–3 mg/kg Laying hens (aged 48 weeks) | 56 | No effects on performance and egg production | [42] |
0.02 mg/kg Lohman Brown laying hens | 42 | Reduced feed intake | [14] |