. 2020 Aug 31;99(11):5896–5906. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.08.034

Table 2.

Effect of treatments on average daily feed intake (ADFI), average daily body weight gain (ADBWG) and FCR of broiler chickens exposed to aflatoxin B₁.

Items	Treatments¹							SEM	P-value
Items	Control	AFB	LE3	LE6	PRO	TXB	PLB	SEM	Treatment	Control vs. AFB
ADFI (g)
Starter²	23.55	23.58	23.55	23.75	23.96	23.67	23.44	0.265	0.848	0.267
Grower	103.80	101.82	103.98	102.74	103.34	103.55	103.92	0.695	0.303	0.314
Finisher	150.24	147.16	146.47	143.00	139.91	150.24	148.93	5.344	0.739	0.142
Total	102.69	100.76	101.12	99.30	98.22	102.64	102.13	2.279	0.668	0.386
ADBWG (g)
Starter	18.64	18.96	20.09	19.15	18.65	19.47	19.64	0.555	0.491	0.631
Grower	63.15^a	53.48^b	62.02^a	58.08^a,b	58.11^a,b	57.77^a,b	61.68^a	2.031	0.032	0.002
Finisher	83.07	74.04	76.64	76.09	77.58	78.31	71.71	1.917	0.357	0.424
Total	60.03^a	53.25^b	57.30^a	55.60^a,b	56.12^a,b	56.54^a,b	54.97^a,b	1.160	0.012	0.003
FCR
Starter	1.26	1.24	1.17	1.25	1.28	1.21	1.20	0.232	0.512	0.486
Grower	1.65^b	1.91^a	1.68^b	1.77^a,b	1.78^a,b	1.82^a,b	1.68^b	0.051	0.043	0.004
Finisher	1.81^b	1.98^a	1.91^a	1.78^b	1.80^b	1.92^a	2.07^a	0.061	0.017	0.001
Total	1.71	1.89	1.77	1.78	1.75	1.81	1.85	0.047	0.048	0.237

^a–c Means within the same column with different letters are statistically significant (P < 0.05).

The values are least square means of the 6 replicates in each treatment.

Control = basal diet, AFB = basal diet + 0.5 mg/kg aflatoxin B₁, LE3 = basal diet + AFB₁ + 3 g/kg licorice extract, LE6 = basal diet + AFB₁ + 6 g/kg licorice extract, PRO = basal diet + AFB₁ + 0.5 g/kg Protexin probiotic, TXB = basal diet + AFB₁ + 1 g/kg toxin binder, and PLB = basal diet + AFB₁ + 5 g/kg poultry litter biochar.

Starter period was 1 to 11 d, grower period was 12 to 24 d, finisher period was 25 to 42 d and total experimental period was 1 to 42 d.