Table 2.
Effect of diet-fortification using Cape-goldenberry on aflatoxin toxicity of in rats.
| Parameters | Initial weight (g) | Final weight (g) | Weight gain (g) |
Food intakes (g/d) |
Food efficiency | ADG (g) |
Relative WG % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control (-) (G1) | 160 ± 3.3 | 215 ± 4.2c | 55 ± 2.74c | 17.23 ± 0.16b | 0.092 ± 0.003c | 1.57 ± 0.013b | 34.37c |
| Control (+) CGB (G2) |
159 ± 4.1 | 216 ± 3.7c | 57 ± 2.33c | 17.08 ± 0.28b | 0.095 ± 0.002c | 1.63 ± 0.021b | 35.84c |
| AFB1 (G3) |
163 ± 3.77 | 196 ± 2.4a | 33 ± 4.79a | 16.78 ± 0.17a | 0.056 ± 0.005a | 0.94 ± 0.017a | 20.24a |
| AFG1 (G4) |
161 ± 2.79 | 198 ± 2.2a | 37 ± 3.54a | 16.81 ± 0.11a | 0.063 ± 0.008a | 1.05 ± 0.026a | 22.98a |
| CGB + AFB1 (G5) | 160 ± 5.11 | 204 ± 1.4b | 44 ± 2.63b | 17.61 ± 0.23b | 0.071 ± 0.002b | 1.26 ± 0.022b | 27.5b |
| CGB + AFG1 (G6) | 161 ± 3.22 | 206 ± 1.9b | 45 ± 2.41b | 17.56 ± 0.0.14b | 0.073 ± 0.004b | 1.29 ± 0.016b | 27.95b |
● Aflatoxins doses applied at 850 ng/kg body weight/day; g: means gram; d: means day, WG: weight gain, ADG: average daily gain.
● Data expressed as means ± SD; (n = 3; P > 0.05). ; The data in the same column shared the superscriptions had no significant differences.
● Control (+) diet contains cape-goldenberry dried powder at 20% -; CGB: Cape-goldenberry.