Table 7.
Relative liver weights and liver TP of broiler chicks fed varying contents of contaminated corn with or without absorbent
| Items | Relative liver weight (g/kg) | Liver TP (mg/100 mg) | ||||
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| 14 d | 28 d | 42 d | 14 d | 28 d | 42 d | |
| Dietary treatment | ||||||
| Control | 26.3 | 21.8 | 26.8 | 9.91 | 8.63 | 9.51 |
| 50% contaminated corn | 26.9 | 22.7 | 26.5 | 9.52 | 7.88 | 8.40 |
| 100% contaminated corn | 24.7 | 23.4 | 29.7 | 9.26 | 7.60 | 7.63 |
| Control+1% absorbent | 25.6 | 21.6 | 25.1 | 9.74 | 8.82 | 8.87 |
| 50% contaminated corn+1% absorbent | 24.8 | 22.3 | 27.6 | 9.45 | 7.95 | 8.57 |
| 100% contaminated corn+1% absorbent | 26.3 | 22.9 | 26.8 | 9.66 | 8.43 | 8.28 |
| SEM | 0.31 | 0.46 | 0.52 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.16 |
| Main effect mean | ||||||
| Contaminated corn (%) | ||||||
| 0 | 26.0 | 21.7 | 25.9 | 9.82 | 8.72a | 9.19a |
| 50 | 25.9 | 22.5 | 27.1 | 9.49 | 8.02b | 8.48b |
| 100 | 25.5 | 23.1 | 28.2 | 9.46 | 7.92b | 7.95b |
| Absorbent (%) | ||||||
| 0 | 26.0 | 22.6 | 27.7 | 9.56 | 8.04 | 8.51 |
| 1 | 25.6 | 22.3 | 26.5 | 9.62 | 8.40 | 8.57 |
| Source of variation, p-value | ||||||
| Contaminated corn | 0.77 | 0.48 | 0.26 | 0.51 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| Absorbent | 0.49 | 0.66 | 0.23 | 0.84 | 0.34 | 0.80 |
| Contaminated corn×absorbent | 0.12 | 0.89 | 0.31 | 0.65 | 0.46 | 0.13 |
Means represent 10 cages per treatment and 2 birds per pen.
TP, total protein; SEM, pooled standard error of the means.
a,b
Means in a column with different superscripts are significantly different (p<0.05).