Effectiveness of sodium bentonite and two commercial products as aflatoxin absorbents in diets for broiler chickens

Three hundred day-old commercial broiler chicks were reared in 10 groups to examine the effects of indigenous sodium bentonite (SB) as a sodium bentonite simple, sodium bentonite + gention violet and sodium bentonite + acetic acid on two levels 0.5 and 1% of feed, along with two market products Sorb...

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Published in:Animal feed science and technology 2007, Vol.132 (1), p.103-110
Main Authors: Pasha, T.N., Farooq, M.U., Khattak, F.M., Jabbar, M.A., Khan, A.D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
absorbents
absorption
acetic acid
Aflatoxin adsorbent
aflatoxins
animal nutrition
Animal productions
bentonite
binding capacity
binding properties
Biological and medical sciences
broiler chickens
broiler feeding
Broilers
carcass composition
disease resistance
dressing percentage
Feed additives
Feed and pet food industries
feed contamination
Food industries
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
gentian violet
mortality
natural toxicants
Newcastle disease
Sodium bentonite
Terrestrial animal productions
tissue weight
Vertebrates
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Summary:Three hundred day-old commercial broiler chicks were reared in 10 groups to examine the effects of indigenous sodium bentonite (SB) as a sodium bentonite simple, sodium bentonite + gention violet and sodium bentonite + acetic acid on two levels 0.5 and 1% of feed, along with two market products Sorbatox and Klinofeed on two levels of aflatoxin 0 and 100 mcg/kg. Each group was replicated three times. The aflatoxins (AF) were incorporated in a standard commercial broiler ration and fed to chicks for 6 week. Body weight and feed consumption was recorded weekly. At the end of the experiment two birds from each group were slaughtered to note the relative weight of heart, liver, gizzard and dressing percentage. Titre against Newcastle disease (ND) was monitored at day 21st, 28th, 35th and 42nd of the experiment. Statistical analysis indicated that aflatoxin in diet negatively affected (P
ISSN:0377-8401
1873-2216
DOI:10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.03.014