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. 2020 Aug 6;12(8):504. doi: 10.3390/toxins12080504

Table 4.

Apparent ileal digestibility of dry matter, gross energy, nitrogen, and ether extract in diets high (HM) or low (LM) in mycotoxins 1 or postbiotic yeast cell wall-based blend (PYCW) fed to newly-weaned pigs for 36 days.

Diet LM HM SEM p Value
PYCW 0% 0.2% 0% 0.2% Diet PYCW Diet vs. PYCW
Dry matter, % 66.5 ax 55.9 y 53.4 b 53.7 2.2 0.001 0.023 0.018
Gross energy, % 70.0 ax 59.4 y 56.6 b 56.6 2.0 <0.001 0.011 0.011
Nitrogen, % 80.4 ax 74.9 y 72.6 b 74.1 1.1 <0.001 0.065 0.002
Ether extract, % 98.2 97.6 97.1 96.7 0.4 0.009 0.179 0.888

1 HM has 1.0 μg/kg of AFB1 and 2258 μg/kg of DON on average for phases 1 and 2, and 44.6 μg/kg of AFB1 and 4635 μg/kg of DON for phase 3. a,b Means with different superscripts differ (p < 0.05). x,y Means with different superscripts differ (p < 0.05).