Table 3. Fear behaviour of broiler chickens fed deoxynivalenol and microbial feed additive.
Item | Control group | DON group | DON + Mycofix group | Mycofix group | P value |
Tonic immobility duration (s) | |||||
week 4 | 86b±30 | 282a±47 | 99b±2 | 185b±32 | 0.002 |
week 5 | 150a±24 | 238b±53 | 131a±27 | 142a±36 | 0.063 |
Number of inductions | |||||
week 4 | 1.33b±0.23 | 1.60a±0.16 | 1.10b±0.10 | 1.20b±0.20 | 0.073 |
week 5 | 1.13±0.13 | 1.38±0.18 | 1.14±0.14 | 1.25±0.16 | 0.652 |
Means within the same row with different superscripts are significantly different (ANOVA followed by Duncan test; n = 10/treatment).