Table 3.

The effects of basal diet and naturally mycotoxin-contaminated diets with or without yeast cell wall adsorbent, on growth performance of broiler chickens (n = 5)

Item	Control1	NCD1	NCDD1	SEM	p-value
BW (g)
0 d	50.34	52.03	52.55	2.06	0.735
21 d	798.99a	740.83c	772.85b	7.345	<0.001
42 d	2,296.50a	2,117.59b	2,184.47ab	42.868	0.036
ADG (g/d)
0 to 21 d	35.65a	32.80c	34.30b	0.433	0.002
22 to 42 d	71.30a	65.56b	67.23b	1.046	0.006
0 to 42 d	53.48a	49.18c	50.76b	0.413	0.001
ADFI (g/d)
0 to 21 d	47.72	46.6	47.23	0.502	0.324
22 to 42 d	133.6	133.52	134.58	0.787	0.588
0 to 42 d	90.66	90.06	90.90	0.540	0.543
FCR
0 to 21 d	1.34b	1.42a	1.38ab	0.023	0.075
22 to 42 d	1.88b	2.04a	2.00a	0.026	0.003
0 to 42 d	1.70b	1.83a	1.79a	0.015	<0.001
Mortality (%)
0 to 42 d	1.00b	6.00a	1.00b	1.350	0.034

SEM, standard error of the mean; BW, body weight; ADG, average daily gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake; FCR, g of feed/g of gain.

¹Control, basal diet; NCD, naturally contaminated diet; NCDD, NCD+0.2% yeast cell wall adsorbent.

^a,bMeans within a row with different letters differ significantly at p<0.05.