Elizabeth Santin
Departamento de Fisiologia , Centro Politecnico/Universidade Federal do Parana
Antonio Carlos Paulillo
Faculdade de Ciencias Agnlrias e Veterinarias, Universidade Estadual Paul isla
Alex Maiorka
Departamento de Fisiologia , Centro Politecnico/Universidade Federal do Parana
Laura Satiko Okada Nakaghi
Faculdade de Ciencias Agnlrias e Veterinarias, Universidade Estadual Paul isla
Marcos Macari1
Faculdade de Ciencias Agnlrias e Veterinarias, Universidade Estadual Paul isla
Ana Vitoria Fischer da Silva
Faculdade de Ciencias Agnlrias e Veterinarias, Universidade Estadual Paul isla
Antonio Carlos Alessi
Faculdade de Ciencias Agnlrias e Veterinarias, Universidade Estadual Paul isla
ABSTRACT
A study was carried out to evaluate the efficacy of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (SC) as an inhibitor of aflatoxicosis in broilers. Clinic, pathologic, immune and productive aspects of broilers fed with aflatoxin in the diets were studied. The results showed that the feed intake and weight gain were negatively affected (P < 0.01) for aflatoxin in diet (1000 ppb). The SC (0, 20%) added to diet did not ameliorated the negatively aflatoxin effect at broiler weight gain, however the SC improve the feed conversion in this birds. The humoral immune response of broilers vaccinated against Newcastle virus disease (NDV) was reduced for aflatoxin in diet, as also the liver, kidneys and bursa of Fabricius were negatively affected for this toxin at diet. The SC did not improve the hemagglutination inhibiting antibody titers in birds fed with aflatoxin in diet, however improve the immune response of broilers at challenge with strain velogenic of NDV.
How to cite this article
Elizabeth Santin, Antonio Carlos Paulillo, Alex Maiorka, Laura Satiko Okada Nakaghi, Marcos Macari1, Ana Vitoria Fischer da Silva and Antonio Carlos Alessi, 2003. Evaluation of the Efficacy of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cell Wall to Ameliorate the Toxic Effects of Aflatoxin in Broilers. International Journal of Poultry Science, 2: 341-344.
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2003.341.344
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=ijps.2003.341.344
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2003.341.344
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=ijps.2003.341.344