Table 3.

Effect of L-Threonine and Mycofix Plus (MP) on performance of broilers exposed to Aflatoxin B₁, Cobb 500.

				Total, 1 to 35 Days
Treatments	L-Threonine, % of Requirements	MP, g/kg	Aflatoxin B1, 500 µg/kg	FI 1, g	BWG 2, g	FCR 3	EPEF 4	EBI 5
T1	100	0	−	2725.2	1627.4	1.68	269.2	261.5
T2	100	0	+	2736.7	1609.1	1.71	265.5	257.9
T3	100	1	−	2731.6	1591.4	1.72	264.2	256.4
T4	100	1	+	2682.0	1611.6	1.67	278.7	270.7
T5	125	0	−	2738.5	1653.9	1.66	277.1	269.3
T6	125	0	+	2738.8	1615.9	1.70	264.5	257.0
T7	125	1	−	2744.6	1640.3	1.68	274.5	266.7
T8	125	1	+	2747.5	1630.2	1.69	269.6	261.8
Pooled SEM				25.87	31.16	0.03	14.29	13.98
Main Effects			Levels	Means 6
L-Threonine			100	2718.9	1609.9	1.69	269.4	261.6
			125	2742.3	1635.1	1.68	271.4	263.7
Mycofix Plus			0	2734.8	1626.6	1.68	269.1	261.4
			1	2726.4	1618.4	1.69	271.7	263.9
Aflatoxin B1			−	2735.0	1628.3	1.68	271.2	263.5
			+	2726.2	1616.7	1.69	269.6	261.8
Main Effects and Interaction Effects				p-values
L-Threonine				NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Mycofix Plus				NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Aflatoxin B1				NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
L-Threonine × Mycofix Plus				NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
L-Threonine × Aflatoxin B1				NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Mycofix Plus × Aflatoxin B1				NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
L-Threonine × Mycofix Plus × Aflatoxin B1				NS	NS	NS	NS	NS

¹ Feed Intake. ² Body Weight Gain. ³ Feed Conversion Ratio. ⁴ European Production Efficiency Factor. ⁵ European Broiler Index. ⁶ Means represent 32 pens of chickens with 10 birds per pen (n = 32/group). NS, p ≥ 0.05.