Awareness of mycotoxins and occurrence of aflatoxins in poultry feeds and feed ingredients in selected regions of Uganda

Table 5 Occurrence and aflatoxin concentrations in different poultry feed types from large- and small-scale processors

Processor’s scale of production	Aflatoxin concentration Mean ± SD (ppb)
Processor’s scale of production	Chick mash	Growers Mash	Broiler Finisher	Layers mash	Broiler mash
Large scale	26.75 ± 11.85^b	86.5 ± 116.54^a	46.50 ± 23.23^b	40.40 ± 31.50^b	24.75 ± 13.99^b
Small scale	69.38 ± 16.24^a	125.87 ± 96.74^a	185.25 ± 142.03^a	98.38 ± 79.08^a	105.37 ± 125.34^a

Data represents Mean ± standard deviation of 4 samples from 4 processors of each category
^abMeans with different superscripts in the same column are significantly different at p < 0.05

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