Table 7.
Effects of DON-contaminated feed (5 and 15 mg/kg) on the H/L ratio and plasma corticosterone level of broiler chickens.
| Dietary Treatment 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item 2 | Control | DON (5 mg/kg) | DON (15 mg/kg) | SEM | p-Value | Linear | Quadratic |
| H/L ratio | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.15 | 0.47 | 0.30 | 0.50 |
| Plasma corticosterone (ng/mL) | 2.93 a | 2.34 b | 2.44 b | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.04 |
1 DON, deoxynivalenol; SEM, standard error of mean (n = 5); a,b: values with different superscripts with the same row differ (p ≤ 0.05); 2 H/L ratio, heterophil to lymphocyte ratio.