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Table 4 Growth performance of broiler fed with aflatoxin contaminated diet, curcumin, and nano curcumin at 35 days

From: Trials for reducing the dangerous effect on poultry fed on aflatoxin contaminated ration using nano curcumin

Groups

Parameters

Control

Aflatoxin groups

P-value

Afl

Afl + Cur

Afl + Nano-Cur

3-day-old body weight (g/chick)

73.98 ± 0.28

73.80 ± 0.41

73.98 ± 0.34

73.8 ± 0.34

0.964

Final body weight (g/chicks)

1919.6 ± 0.98a

1341 ± 1.61d

1517.2 ± 1.59 b

1409.32 ± 0.97 c

0.000

Total Weight gain (g/chicks)

1845.62 ± 0.80 a

1267.2 ± 1.45 d

1443.22 ± 1.51 b

1335.52 ± 0.96 c

0.000

Feed intake (g/bird)

3206 ± 2.92 a

2424.4 ± 1.81 d

2643 ± 2.0 b

2465.28 ± 1.68 c

0.000

FCR value

1.74 ± 0.02 d

1.91 ± 0.02 a

1.83 ± 0.02 c

1.85 ± 0.01b

0.000

  1. Values are expressed as mean ± standard errors. Means in the same row (a-d) with different letters significantly differ at (P ≤ 0.05)