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. 2014 Jan 30;9(1):e87727. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087727

Table 2. Body weight and body weight gain of broiler chickens fed deoxynivalenol and microbial feed additive.

Performance traits	Control group	DON group	DON + Mycofix group	Mycofix group	P value
Body weight at 1 d old	42.6±1	43±1	43±1	42.6±1	0.988
WK 1:
Body weight (g)	179±4	171±6	184±8	181±7	0.574
Body weight gain (g)	136±4	128±6	141±7	139±7	0.521
WK 2:
Body weight (g)	445^ab±14	409^b±19	434^ab±18	462^a±12	0.030
Body weight gain (g)	265^ab±15	238^b±14	250^ab±14	281^a±11	0.033
WK 3:
Body weight (g)	810^ab±49	746^b±53	840^ab±50	925^a±27	0.009
Body weight gain (g)	365^ab±45	336^b±44	406^ab±39	464^a±21	0.024
WK 4:
Body weight (g)	1330^ab±75	1302^b±56	1456^ab±47	1472^a±34	0.031
Body weight gain (g)	521^b±32	557^b±42	616^a±37	547^ab±13	0.050
WK 5:
Body weight (g)	1851±109	1748±68	1798±58	1820±67	0.866
Body weight gain (g)	521^a±45	446^b±36	342^b±35	348^b±33	0.043

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Means within the same row with different superscripts are significantly different (ANOVA followed by Duncan test; n = 10/treatment).