Table 6.

Effect of treatments on carcass traits of broiler chickens exposed to aflatoxin B₁ (%).

Item	Carcass2	Thigh	Breast	Liver	Abdominal fat
Treatments1
Control	60.74	26.95	35.91a	2.32	0.92a,b
AFB	59.38	27.06	32.28c	2.54	1.15a
LE3	59.84	28.87	35.30a,b	2.31	0.92a,b
LE6	59.96	27.01	35.16a,b	2.07	0.56b
PRO	60.15	27.17	35.87a	2.23	0.80a,b
TXB	58.95	27.78	33.33b,c	2.29	0.90a,b
PLB	59.75	27.09	35.07a,b	2.28	0.80a,b
SEM	0.67	0.73	0.75	0.15	0.11
P-Value	0.626	0.502	0.014	0.356	0.042
Contrasts	P-value
Control vs. AFB	0.233	0.941	0.033	0.313	0.041

^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.

¹Control = 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.

²Carcass, liver, and abdominal fat presented as percentage of live body weight and breast and thigh presented as percentage of carcass weight.