Table 5.

Effect of L-Threonine and Mycofix Plus (MP) on carcass traits of broilers exposed to Aflatoxin B₁ at day 35, Cobb 500.

				Kidneys	Bursa of Fabricius	Pancreas	Heart	Gizzard	Abdominal Fat
Treatmenst	L-Threonine, % of Requirements	MP, g/kg	Aflatoxin B1, 500 µg/kg	Relative Weights, % of Live Body Weight
T1	100	0	−	0.44	0.15	0.24	0.55	1.74	1.37
T2	100	0	+	0.44	0.16	0.24	0.54	1.89	2.12
T3	100	1	−	0.50	0.16	0.25	0.60	1.78	2.01
T4	100	1	+	0.50	0.14	0.27	0.61	1.96	2.12
T5	125	0	−	0.53	0.15	0.25	0.57	1.73	1.93
T6	125	0	+	0.46	0.15	0.25	0.58	1.70	1.71
T7	125	1	−	0.51	0.19	0.26	0.59	1.83	1.79
T8	125	1	+	0.41	0.16	0.27	0.59	1.79	1.64
Pooled SEM				0.04	0.02	0.01	0.03	0.08	0.25
Main Effects			Levels	Means 1
L-Threonine			100	0.47	0.15	0.25	0.57	1.84	1.90
			125	0.48	0.16	0.26	0.58	1.76	1.77
Mycofix Plus			0	0.47	0.15	0.24	0.56	1.76	1.78
			1	0.48	0.16	0.26	0.60	1.84	1.89
Aflatoxin B1			−	0.49	0.16	0.25	0.58	1.77	1.77
			+	0.45	0.15	0.26	0.58	1.83	1.90
Main Effects and Interaction Effects				p-values
L-Threonine				NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Mycofix Plus				NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Aflatoxin B1				NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
L-Threonine × Mycofix Plus				NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
L-Threonine × Aflatoxin B1				NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Mycofix Plus × Aflatoxin B1				NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
L-Threonine × Mycofix Plus × Aflatoxin B1				NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS

¹ Means represent 32 pens of chickens with 10 birds per pen (n = 32/group). NS, p ≥ 0.05.