dc.contributor.author | Riahi, Insaf | |
dc.contributor.author | Ramos, Antonio J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Raj, Jog | |
dc.contributor.author | Jakovčević, Zdenka | |
dc.contributor.author | Farkaš, Hunor | |
dc.contributor.author | Vasiljević, Marko | |
dc.contributor.author | Pérez-Vendrell, Anna Maria | |
dc.contributor.other | Producció Animal | ca |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-10T12:33:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-11-10T12:33:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-11-10 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Riahi, Insaf, Antonio J. Ramos, Jog Raj, Zdenka Jakovčević, Hunor Farkaš, Marko Vasiljević, and Anna Maria Pérez-Vendrell. 2021. "Effect Of A Mycotoxin Binder (MMDA) On The Growth Performance, Blood And Carcass Characteristics Of Broilers Fed Ochratoxin A And T-2 Mycotoxin Contaminated Diets". Animals 11 (11): 3205. doi:10.3390/ani11113205. | ca |
dc.identifier.issn | 2076-2615 | ca |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12327/1392 | |
dc.description.abstract | The present study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of the feed additive, a novel
multicomponent mycotoxin detoxifying agent (MMDA) containing modified zeolite (clinoptilolite),
Bacillus subtilis, B. licheniformis, Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell walls, and silymarin, as detoxifiers of
0.5 mg/kg (0.5 ppm) ochratoxin A (OTA) and 1 mg/kg (1 ppm) T-2 toxin on broiler chickens. A
total of 240 1-old broiler chickens (Ross 308) were randomly distributed into five different dietary
treatments: (1) control (non-contaminated diet); (2) non contaminated diet + 3 g/kg of MMDA;
(3) non-contaminated diet + 0.5 mg/kg OTA + 1 mg/kg T-2 toxin; (4) non-contaminated diet +
0.5 mg/kg OTA + 1 mg/kg T-2 toxin + 1 g/kg MMDA; and (5) non-contaminated diet + 0.5 mg/kg
OTA + 1 g/kg T-2 toxin + 3 g/kg MMDA. The results showed that, in the starter period, from 1 to
10 days, the presence of OTA and T-2 mycotoxins reduced the consumption of feed and the growth
of the broilers, and no effects of the detoxifying product were observed in the productivity of the
chickens, at any of the doses tested, compared to the contaminated control (treatment 3). However,
in the growing period, the same negative effect of mycotoxins was registered, but a recovery was
observed in the consumption of feed and in the weight of the broilers that consumed 3 g/kg of the
MMDA mycotoxin binder, reaching similar values to those of chickens fed uncontaminated control
diets. The presence of mycotoxins in feed led to a reduction in the concentration of total proteins
and albumin in blood compared to controls, and the presence of the detoxifying product partially
reversed this effect. The breast yield of the chickens fed with mycotoxins was lower than that of the
animals fed with the control feed and was not affected by the presence of the product tested, at 1 or
3 g/kg. The weight of the different organs (liver, gizzard, kidneys, or spleen), the intestinal pH, the histology of the small intestine, and oral lesions were not affected by the experimental treatments. In
summary, the productive parameters and some blood and carcass characteristics of broiler chickens
were impaired by the dietary presence of OTA and T-2 toxin. The tested product included at 1
or 3 g/kg feed in contaminated diets improved performance and seems to be effective in partly
counteracting the deleterious effects of the tested mycotoxins. | ca |
dc.format.extent | 14 | ca |
dc.language.iso | eng | ca |
dc.publisher | MDPI | ca |
dc.relation.ispartof | Animals | ca |
dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | ca |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | * |
dc.title | Effect of a Mycotoxin Binder (MMDA) on the Growth Performance, Blood and Carcass Characteristics of Broilers Fed Ochratoxin A and T-2 Mycotoxin Contaminated Diets | ca |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | ca |
dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | ca |
dc.rights.accessLevel | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
dc.embargo.terms | cap | ca |
dc.subject.udc | 636 | ca |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113205 | ca |
dc.contributor.group | Nutrició Animal | ca |