Table 6.
Mean AFB1 level of home-mixed and commercially formulated poultry feeds.
| List of farms | Mean toxin levels of each feed ingredients per farm (μg/kg) | Mean AFB1 of feed | Daily feed intake per hen (gm) | Daily toxin intake per hen (μg) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maize | Bone meal | Soya bean | Wheat bran | Nug CaK | |||||
| Mixed feeds by mixing | Farm 1 | 19.05 | 0 | 28.93 | 0 | 38.08 | 17.21 | 120 | 2.12 |
| Farm 2 | 28.07 | 11.8 | 38.3 | 5.53 | 10.0 | 18.74 | 115 | 2.39 | |
| Farm 3 | 32.31 | 8.3 | 53.2 | 7.5 | 77.1 | 35.68 | 120 | 4.13 | |
| Farm 4 | 17.5 | 4.75 | 29.2 | 9.00 | 0 | 7.34 | 125 | 0.92 | |
| Farm 5 | 19.5 | 19.1 | 4.9 | 0 | 34.0 | 15.5 | 120 | 2.19 | |
| Farm 6 | 12.82 | 6.4 | 45.97 | 0.6 | 0 | 13.2 | 125 | 1.55 | |
| Farm 7 | 11.9 | 2.67 | 10.25 | 4.75 | 47.5 | 15.4 | 125 | 1.86 | |
| Farm 8 | 18.05 | 2.14 | 27.63 | 2.1 | 31.08 | 19.7 | 125 | 2.05 | |
| Used commercially feed from feed | Farm 9 | 41.0 | 120 | 4.92 | |||||
| Farm 10 | 34.7 | 120 | 3.72 | ||||||
| Farm 11 | 17.2 | 120 | 3.38 | ||||||
| Farm 12 | 32.4 | 130 | 4.21 | ||||||
| Farm 13 | 19.8 | 125 | 2.47 | ||||||
| Formulated vendors | Farm 14 | 18 | 130 | 2.34 | |||||
| Farm 15 | 18.4 | 125 | 3.55 | ||||||
| Farm 16 | 19.1 | 120 | 3.13 | ||||||