Production performance and apparent nutrient digestibility of broiler chickens fed aflatoxin-contaminated diets treated with different toxin binders

Issue Date

9-2017

Abstract

To determine the effects of supplementation of different toxin binders (TB) on production performance traits and total tract nutrient digestibility of broilers fed aflatoxin-contaminated diets, five hundred (500) straight-run day-old chicks were used in the study to evaluate five dietary treatments: basal/control diet with low aflatoxin B1 (LAD), basal/control diet with high aflatoxin B1 (HAD), HAD + crosspovidone polymer (HADA), HAD + bentonite (HADB), and HAD + hydrated sodium calcium alumino-silicates (HADC). The broilers were divided into five groups and randomly distributed to one of the treatment groups following a complete randomized design with cage as experimental unit. The treatment groups were replicated 10 times with 10 birds per cage. Body weight, weight gain, feed consumption and livability were reduced on HAD-fed broilers, while growth performances of those fed LAD, HADA, HADB and HADC were not statistically different from each other. Apparent digestibility of nutrients and feed efficiency of broilers were not significantly different among treatments. The addition of toxin binders (TB) in the aflatoxin-contaminated diet was effective in counteracting the adverse effects of aflatoxin on the performance of broilers without affecting the apparent digestibility of nutrients.

Source or Periodical Title

Philippine Agricultural Scientist

ISSN

0031-7454

Volume

100

Issue

3

Page

332-336

Document Type

Article

Physical Description

tables

Language

English

Subject

Aflatoxin, Broilers, Nutrient digestibility, Production performance traits, Toxin binder

Digital Copy

yes

En – AGROVOC descriptors

Aflatoxin, Broilers, Nutrient digestibility, Production performance traits, Toxin binder

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