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Research
6.
Histopathological alterations
in Aflatoxicity and its amelioration with
herbomineral toxin binder in broilers -
M. A. E. Ahmed,
K. Ravikanth, D. S. Rekhe, and S. Maini
Veterinary
World 2(10):390-392
Abstract
An experiement was conducted to study the protective role of
herbo-mineral toxin binder product in induced aflatoxicosis in
broilers on the basis of histopathological studies. Total sixty
day old broiler chicks of either sex were randomly divided into
three groups, each comprising of twenty birds and two
replicates. Healthy birds of group I were supplemented with
standard basal ration as per NRC (1994), group II birds were fed
with standard feed mixed with aflatoxin B1@1ppm, group III birds
were fed with mycotoxicated feed of 1 ppm aflatoxin B1 and
medicated with Toxiroak (M/s Ayurvet Ltd, Baddi, India) @
0.125%. Forty percent of birds were sacrificed at sixth week
for necropsy examination. Microscopically, congestion of liver
parenchyma, cytoplasmic vacoulation/fatty change of hepatocytes
and renal tubules, necrosis, mononuclear cell infiltration was
observed in aflatoxicated group II. Milder form of pathological
lesions in treatment groups birds reveal pallor discoloration of
liver and hepatomegaly, splenomegaly and mild lesion in kidneys.
Present study revealed that supplementation of herbomineral
toxin binder product could ameliorate aflatoxicity in broilers.
Key words: Aflatoxicosis, Broiler, Histopathology, Toxin
binder, Herbal.
