Table 1.

Least squares means of dry matter intake, growth, and visceral organ size in broiler chickens fed diets with DON and mycotoxin deactivator (B) and with or without oral LPS challenge 1 d before sampling¹

	No LPS				LPS				P-values
Item	CON	CON-B	DON	DON-B	CON	CON-B	DON	DON-B	SEM	DON	B	LPS	DON × B	DON × LPS	B × LPS	DON × B × LPS
Dry matter intake, g	77.7	78.8	77.5	75.2	78.6	78.1	78.0	76.1	1.55	0.1458	0.411	0.696	0.285	0.774	0.792	0.666
Average daily gain, g	49.8	51.8	51.9	49.5	50.5	52.4	52.0	52.4	1.70	0.7945	0.699	0.365	0.211	0.717	0.582	0.544
Duodenum, cm/kg BW	12.9	13.0	13.1	14.2	12.8	13.1	13.0	12.8	0.61	0.478	0.499	0.375	0.793	0.343	0.512	0.431
Jejunum, cm/kg BW	48.7	49.5	50.6	53.4	49.8	45.2	48.7	47.2	2.42	0.328	0.718	0.105	0.469	0.483	0.160	0.870
Ileum, cm/kg BW	13.2	13.0	12.0	12.7	13.0	12.2	12.0	12.5	0.82	0.302	0.965	0.612	0.370	0.704	0.711	0.896
Colon, cm/kg BW	4.9	4.7	4.6	5.0	4.9	4.7	4.8	4.5	0.24	0.632	0.639	0.816	0.524	0.674	0.332	0.244
Cecum, cm/kg BW	8.7	9.0	8.5	9.1	9.3	8.6	9.0	9.2	0.44	0.928	0.680	0.485	0.309	0.820	0.251	0.572
Gizzard, g/kg BW	12.0	12.2	12.4	12.9	12.4	12.2	13.0	12.6	0.54	0.162	0.939	0.619	0.970	1.000	0.421	0.766
Proventriculus, g/kg BW	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.5	3.3	3.2	3.3	0.13	0.583	0.600	0.792	0.516	0.593	0.867	0.620
Liver, g/kg BW	19.2	18.8	18.6	19.6	17.7	18.6	18.8	18.2	0.43	0.474	0.557	0.019	0.923	0.732	0.839	0.016
Pancreas, g/kg BW	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	0.10	0.699	0.454	0.802	0.808	0.876	0.157	0.258
Heart, g/kg BW	5.0	5.2	5.4	5.2	5.1	5.2	5.0	5.6	0.19	0.236	0.192	0.652	0.682	0.888	0.136	0.074
Kidney, g/kg BW	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	2.8	2.9	0.09	0.373	0.782	0.789	0.854	0.686	0.490	0.798
Bursa fabricii, g/kg BW	2.5	2.6	2.1	2.1	2.4	2.3	2.1	2.0	0.17	0.005	0.781	0.231	0.993	0.588	0.641	0.776
Thymus, g/kg BW	2.7	2.9	2.4	2.7	2.9	2.8	2.5	2.5	0.17	0.028	0.346	0.948	0.574	0.815	0.246	0.995
Spleen, g/kg BW	1.1	1.2	1.0	1.1	1.0	0.9	1.1	1.2	0.06	0.527	0.050	0.148	0.346	0.009	0.206	0.514

¹CON, control diet. Values are least square means and pooled SEM; n = 10.