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

Table 3 Effects of MBA on vulva size of immature gilts when exposed to ZEA and DON (cm³)¹

Diet treatments	Toxins, μg/kg feed		MBA, g/kg	Day of treatment
Diet treatments	ZEA	DON	MBA, g/kg	0	7	14	21	28
MO	596.86	796	0	3.53	6.10	7.75^a	9.69^a	9.75^a
MOA	600.99	782	2	3.60	5.39	5.41^b	6.65^b	7.16^b
CO	90.68	33	0	3.41	3.71	3.59^c	4.23^c	4.50^c
COA	89.88	30	2	3.84	3.95	4.10^bc	4.73^c	4.26^c
Pooled SEM				0.41	0.62	0.54	0.51	0.52
Source of variation				P-value
Main effect of toxins diets				0.88	< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01
Main effect of MBA level				0.55	0.71	0.12	0.02	0.02
Toxins diets × MBA level				0.66	0.46	0.02	< 0.01	0.05

¹Each value is mean of ten replicates
^a-cMeans within a column with different letters differ significantly (P < 0.05)

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