The effects of Clinoptilolite on broiler performance whit diet contained Aflatoxin
Subject Areas : Agroecology Journal
Majid Goodarzi
1
(Department of Animal Science, Islamic Azad University – Broujerd Branch)
Davood Modiri
2
(Department of Animal Science, Islamic Azad University – Broujerd Branch)
Ali Reza Safamehr
3
(Department of Animal Science, Islamic Azad University – Maragheh Branch)
Keywords: Broiler, Clinoptilolite, Aflatoxin,
Abstract :
In order to study of effects of clinoptilolite on broilers performance with diet contain aflatoxin, an experiment carried out as factorial (completely randomizd desing) with three levels of clinoptilolite(0, 3 and 5%) and three levels of aflatoxin(0,1 and 2ppm). The result showed that the live weight , carcass weight and daily weight gain was higest (1583, 2215 and 53.8 respectivley) for broilers fed ration 7 (contain 5 percentage clinoptilolite and 0 ppm aflatoxin) and were lowest for ration 3 contain 0% clinoptilolite and 2 ppm aflatoxin (1533, 2215 and 37.25 respectivley).The liver weight, feed conversion ration and mortality percentage were higer for ration 3 (45.8 gr, 2.23 and 15.9% respectivley) and were lower for ration 7 (40.08 gr, 1.78 and 6.85% respectivley) than the other ration. The highest feed intake related to diet 4 contain three percentage clinoptilolite and 0 ppm Aflatoxin (96.65gr) and the lowest feed intake related to diet 3 (84.7gr). In general the results showed that aflatoxin in level of higher than 1ppm resulted in reducing of broiler performance and incrasing feed conversion ratio. The used of clinoptilolite in diet can reduce effects of aflatoxin and in condition of this experiment the level of 5% clinoptilolite was better.
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