aflatoxins are fungal metabolites by strains of aspergillus (a.parasiticus and a.flavus) are produced. the clinical signs of aflatoxin poisoning include surgery autopsy, histological lesions and also create effects on the production of poultry flocks in experimental and natural occurrence have been reported in broiler chickens worldwide. the main signs of aflatoxin poisoning, loss of appetite, ...

This study was aimed to assess the impact of dietary energy density on liver health parameters, carcass characteristics and performance of broilers exposed to heat stress. 600 Cobb male chicks were assigned to five dietary treatments and four replicates. Chicks were fed diet based on corn as main energy source and energy level based on Cobb standard (C), corn based diet with 3% lesser energy th...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of inclusion of tannic acid on some performance traits and nutrient digestibility in Holstein dairy calves. A total of 20 seven days old Holstein calves were randomly assigned to 4 experimental treatments with 5 calves each. The treatments were as follows: 1) basal diet formulated to meet all nutritional requirement of calves according to NRC (20...

AIM This study was carried out to evaluate groundnut haulms (GNH) as alternate feed source by its incorporation and assessment in terms of feed intake and growth performance in the diets of broilers. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 240 1-day-old Cobb-400 broiler chicks were randomly assigned to four dietary treatments each with three replicates (n=60). Experimental Birds in group T1 were fed...

This study was conducted to evaluate the use of Met and Lys levels in excess of NRC (1994) recommendations adapted to feeding periods more consistent with current industry applications. Diets were formulated to provide a minimum of 110% of NRC recommended levels for amino acids other than Met and Lys. Aliquots of the diets were fortified with DL-methionine and Lysine HCl to provide three levels...

Recent studies reported the important contribution of animal dejections as organic manure for crop production but, little is known on the decomposition rate and nutrient release pattern in wetland of the manure of pigs nourished with diet enriched with Azolla filiculoides. A litter bag study was carried out under full control during 6 weeks in pots containing 25 liters of tap water and 15g of p...

AIM The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of feeding fermented fish silage (FFS) on serum biochemical parameters of Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica). MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 192, 7-day-old broiler Japanese quail chicks of either sex, were randomly distributed into four dietary treatments with four replicates in each group having 12 chicks in each replicat...