. 2020 Oct 1;12(10):636. doi: 10.3390/toxins12100636

Table 5.

Effect of a yeast cell wall extract (YCWE) on performance of broilers during a natural multi-mycotoxin challenge (mean ± SE).

Treatments ¹	Trial Day
Treatments ¹	7	14	21	28	35	42
Body Weight, kg
MT	0.123 ± 0.001	0.347 ± 0.004	0.691 ± 0.009	1.184 ± 0.010	1.651 ± 0.014	2.124 ± 0.032
MT + 0.025% YCWE	0.121 ± 0.004	0.340 ± 0.010	0.677 ± 0.017	1.163 ± 0.023	1.690 ± 0.006	2.200 ± 0.025
MT + 0.05% YCWE	0.119 ± 0.001	0.339 ± 0.004	0.685 ± 0.007	1.154 ± 0.018	1.667 ± 0.022	2.173 ± 0.037
MT + 0.1% YCWE	0.120 ± 0.003	0.350 ± 0.009	0.687 ± 0.012	1.189 ± 0.018	1.704 ± 0.036	2.214 ± 0.036
MT + 0.2% YCWE	0.120 ± 0.002	0.341 ± 0.009	0.695 ± 0.010	1.173 ± 0.014	1.707 ± 0.020	2.245 ± 0.032
MT + 0.4% YCWE	0.116 ± 0.002	0.331 ± 0.008	0.674 ± 0.007	1.146 ± 0.017	1.635 ± 0.030	2.146 ± 0.052
	Treatment p-Values
Main effect	0.714	0.669	0.752	0.469	0.211	0.227
	Polynomial Contrast p-Values
Linear	0.159	0.214	0.530	0.263	0.373	0.988
Quadratic	0.979	0.580	0.343	0.431	0.024	0.019
Cubic	0.419	0.975	0.399	0.626	0.923	0.930
Feed Intake, kg
MT	2.487 ± 0.081	10.612 ± 0.178	21.475 ± 0.194 ^a	38.25 ± 0.761 ^ab	59.200 ± 1.154 ^a	78.712 ± 1.756 ^a
MT + 0.025% YCWE	2.7 ± 0.133	11.337 ± 0.199	23.312 ± 0.298 ^c	40.925 ± 1.221 ^abc	67.043 ± 1.049 ^c	90.956 ± 1.247 ^c
MT + 0.05% YCWE	2.525 ± 0.118	11.475 ± 0.295	23.018 ± 0.286 ^bc	40.893 ± 0.783 ^abc	65.293 ± 1.222 ^bc	88.506 ± 1.614 ^bc
MT + 0.1% YCWE	2.737 ± 0.145	11.518 ± 0.376	23.187 ± 0.366 ^c	42.55 ± 0.808 ^c	65.862 ± 1.328 ^c	88.662 ± 1.723 ^bc
MT + 0.2% YCWE	2.45 ± 0.124	10.781 ± 0.295	21.643 ± 0.42 ^ab	37.393 ± 0.764 ^a	60.862 ± 0.85 ^ab	82.137 ± 1.202 ^ab
MT + 0.4% YCWE	2.443 ± 0.129	11.006 ± 0.34	22.693 ± 0.501 ^abc	41.056 ± 0.707 ^bc	64.531 ± 1.139 ^bc	87.262 ± 1.703 ^bc
	Treatment p-Values
Main effect	0.382	0.153	0.001	0.001	0.000	0.000
	Polynomial Contrast p-Values
Linear	0.266	0.599	0.859	0.767	0.860	0.680
Quadratic	0.705	0.554	0.858	0.518	0.976	0.825
Cubic	0.174	0.009	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Feed Conversion Ratio
MT	0.702 ± 0.018	1.245 ± 0.026	1.356 ± 0.026	1.469 ± 0.037	1.675 ± 0.024	1.757 ± 0.011 ^b
MT + 0.025% YCWE	0.778 ± 0.039	1.292 ± 0.028	1.387 ± 0.023	1.449 ± 0.022	1.661 ± 0.01	1.762 ± 0.015 ^b
MT + 0.05% YCWE	0.73 ± 0.024	1.308 ± 0.019	1.356 ± 0.014	1.463 ± 0.018	1.641 ± 0.01	1.734 ± 0.012 ^ab
MT + 0.1% YCWE	0.803 ± 0.056	1.288 ± 0.025	1.377 ± 0.026	1.492 ± 0.012	1.644 ± 0.003	1.728 ± 0.011 ^ab
MT + 0.2% YCWE	0.71 ± 0.041	1.262 ± 0.031	1.332 ± 0.025	1.418 ± 0.028	1.622 ± 0.012	1.696 ± 0.011 ^a
MT + 0.4% YCWE	0.727 ± 0.028	1.28 ± 0.019	1.348 ± 0.015	1.475 ± 0.008	1.65 ± 0.016	1.732 ± 0.021 ^ab
	Treatment p-Values
Main effect	0.348	0.567	0.578	0.348	0.203	0.034
	Polynomial Contrast p-Values
Linear	0.649	0.952	0.311	0.972	0.271	0.070
Quadratic	0.615	0.837	0.648	0.311	0.023	0.005
Cubic	0.088	0.093	0.272	0.122	0.846	0.554

¹ MT: diet containing mycotoxin DDGS; MT + 0.025% YCWE: MT + 0.025% YCWE; MT + 0.05% YCWE; MT + 0.1% YCWE; MT + 0.2% YCWE; and MT + 0.4% YCWE. Means within a column with no common letter are significantly different (p < 0.05). Different superscript letters indicate significant difference between treatments (p < 0.05).