Alleviation of mycotoxin biodegradation agent on zearalenone and deoxynivalenol toxicosis in immature gilts

Table 2 Effects of MBA on production performance of immature gilts when exposed to ZEA and DON¹

Diet treatments	Toxins, μg/kg feed		MBA, g/kg	Initial body weight, kg	ADG, kg	ADFI, kg	F:G
Diet treatments	ZEA	DON	MBA, g/kg	Initial body weight, kg	ADG, kg	ADFI, kg	F:G
MO	596.86	796	0	62.26	0.85^b	2.25^b	2.67
MOA	600.99	782	2	60.89	0.98^a	2.39^ab	2.54
CO	90.68	33	0	62.32	0.95^a	2.52^a	2.65
COA	89.88	30	2	61.28	0.92^ab	2.19^b	2.39
Pooled SEM				2.70	0.03	0.07	0.08
Source of variation				P-value
Main effect of toxins diets				0.93	0.24	0.64	0.30
Main effect of MBA level				0.66	0.32	0.18	0.02
Toxins diets × MBA level				0.95	0.04	< 0.01	0.42

¹Each value is mean of ten replicates
ZEA zearalenone, DON deoxynivalenol, MBA mycotoxin biodegradation agent (B. subtilis ANSB01G + Devosia sp. ANSB714), ADG average daily gain, ADFI average daily feed intake, F:G feed:gain, MO the negative control diet, MOA the negative control diet plus 2 g MBA/kg diet, CO the positive control diet, COA the positive control diet plus 2 g MBA/kg diet, pooled SEM pooled standard error of the mean
^a-bMeans within a column with different letters differ significantly (P < 0.05)

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