Table 4.
Effects of ergot alkaloids (EA) and a mycotoxin deactivating product (MDP) on the disappearance of a high grain diet in the RUSITEC
| Item | Control | EA | SEM | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -MDP1 | +MDP2 | -MDP | +MDP | EA | MDP | EA × MDP | ||
| Disappearance | ||||||||
| DM, % | 87.8 | 88.0 | 86.8 | 87.5 | 0.38 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.33 |
| OM, % of DM | 88.7 | 89.0 | 87.9 | 88.8 | 0.30 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.18 |
| Starch, % of DM | 99.6 | 99.7 | 99.4 | 99.6 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.28 | 0.49 |
| N, % of DM | 96.7 | 96.6 | 96.3 | 95.9 | 0.35 | 0.07 | 0.34 | 0.56 |
| NDF, % of DM | 44.1c | 52.7b | 41.8c | 58.2a | 0.83 | 0.06 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Total EA,% | - | - | 73.7 | 82.4 | 2.32 | - | 0.01 | - |
-MDP, diet without mycotoxin deactivating product.
+MDP, diet with mycotoxin deactivating product: 1 g of MDP added to 10 g of diet DM, containing mineral adsorbents and dried yeast, fed at 1 g/vessel per day.