Effects of various Toxeat® concentrations on growth performance, immune response, cecal microflora, and gut morphology in broilers fed with aflatoxin contaminated diets

Authors : Soheila SARRAMI, Parvaneh JAFARI, Maryam Tajabadi EBRAHIMI, Seyed Naser MOUSAVI, Seyed Abdollah HOSSEINI

Pages : 299-305

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study was conducted to investigate the effects of Toxeat®, a mycotoxin binder, on functional indices, immune response, intestinal microflora, and gut morphology in broiler chickens fed aflatoxin-contaminated diets. Three hundred Cobb 500 broilers were randomly divided into 6 treatments with 5 replicates, each with 10 birds. The treatments included T1: negative control insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(NC);, T2: T1 +1 g/ton aflatoxin insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(positive control: PC);, T3: PC + 1 kg/ton Toxeat®, T4: PC + 2 kg/ton Toxeat®, T5: PC + 3 kg/ton Toxeat®, T6: PC + 1 kg/ ton Toxeat® without hydrated sodium calcium aluminosilicate. Growth performance, immune system response, and lactic acid bacteria insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(LAB); count decreased in the PC group insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(P < 0.05);. Surprisingly, humoral and cellular immune response significantly increased in the Toxeat® treatments insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(P < 0.05);. Besides, administration of Toxeat® significantly increased weight gain and LAB count compared with the PC group at the end of experiment insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(P < 0.05);, whereas intestinal morphology showed no significant changes insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(P > 0.05);. Finally, Toxeat® administration insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(1–2 kg/ton); resulted in the best growth performance and immunity
Keywords : Aflatoxin, Toxeat®, broiler, immune system response, bactic acid bacteria