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Effects of low concentrations of aflatoxin B1 in diet on performance, blood enzymes and organs weight in broiler chickens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

H Kermanshahi ,
M R Akbari  and
N Afzali
H Kermanshahi*
Affiliation:
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran
*
Email: m_r_akbari@yahoo.com
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Aflatoxins (AF) are secondary fungal metabolites mainly produced by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus. Aflatoxin contaminated feedstuffs (ACF) are a major problem in developing countries, where that most of poultry feedstuffs contain low levels of different kinds of AF; particularly due to inappropriate conditions of transportation and storage. This could cause silent economical losses in poultry production. The number of studies who have investigated the effects of ACF in broiler nutrition is much; however, little of them focused on low concentrations of AF. Moreover, it has been suggested that negative effects of AF on broiler performance are both dose- and time- dependent (Leeson et al. , 1995). In this study, the effects of long-term low level administration of AFB1 into diet (0 to 28 days of age), on performance, blood enzymes and some organs weight of male broiler chickens have been investigated.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2006 , March 2006 , pp. 160
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Copyright © 2016 The American Society of International Law

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