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. 2019 Jun 3;13(12):2932–2938. doi: 10.1017/S1751731119001216

Table 3.

Broiler performance when fed different levels of vitamin in the diet with or without aflatoxin challenge

Levels of vitamin supplementation Probability SEM
Control OVN Vit Afla Bin Vit × Afla8 Vit × Bin Afla × Bin Vit × Afla × Bin
Afla, mg/kg 0 0 0.5 0.5 0 0 0.5 0.5
Bin, mg/kg 0 10 000 0 10 000 0 10 000 0 10 000
1 to 21 days
  FI, g 1159 1159 1153 1153 1161 1161 1155 1155 0.220 0.480 0.944 0.912 0.802 0.127 0.758 0.125
  WG, g 804 803 801 799 809 808 806 804 0.005 0.002 0.388 0.004 0.775 0.291 0.137 0.430
  FCR, g/g 1.44 1.44 1.44 1.44 1.44 1.44 1.44 1.44 0.943 0.943 0.859 0.836 0.785 0.822 0.921 0.050
1 to 44 days
  FI, g 5256 5242 5247 5234 5220 5206 5211 5199 0.312 0.420 0.878 0.521 0.664 0.234 0.278 0.125
  WG, g 3159 3160 3144 3145 3182 3183 3167 3165 0.004 0.004 0.147 0.017 0.235 0.347 0.225 0.430
  FCR, g/g 1.67 1.66 1.67 1.67 1.64 1.63 1.65 1.64 0.023 0.143 0.020 0.104 0.247 0.132 0.217 0.050

OVN = optimum vitamin nutrition; Vit = vitamin; Afla = aflatoxin; Bin = binder; FI = feed intake; WG = weight gain; FCR = feed conversion ratio.