However, group F (fed with renal diet) lost body weight during the study, including during the day −30 to day −1 acclimatization period.
Our results also demonstrated that chicks of groups D, E and F fed on diet containing aflatoxin and different levels of adsorbent diminished the toxic effects of aflatoxicosis.
In the present study the level of serum total protein decreased in group B consuming aflatoxin contaminated feed when compared to Groups C, D, E, and F fed on diet containing aflatoxin and different levels of adsorbent.
Chicks of group B consuming aflatoxin contaminated feed without adsorbent showed high percent mortality as compared to groups C, D, E and F fed with aflatoxin plus different levels of adsorbent.
Incorporation into RBCs of Fe after the first 14 days of the study period was 8.7 ± 5 % for HM fed infants and 8 ± 3 % for F fed infants and did not differ.
Incorporation of Fe from days 14 to 28 of the study period into RBCs was 8.6 ± 5 % for HM fed infants and 6.0 ± 2.7 % for F fed infants and did not differ.
Group D values were significantly higher than that of groups B, C, E and F fed on aflatoxin and different levels of adsorbent at the end of 2nd week.
However the results of groups E and F fed on 0.4% and 0.5% respectively showed slight variation in tested parameters from group A. From the results it is concluded that the prepared adsorbent can be used as alternative of powdered activated carbon for the detoxification of aflatoxin in poultry feed as the former cause dehydration and salt deficiencies when administered to poultry birds.
Relative weight of liver in groups D, E and F fed on diet containing aflatoxin plus different levels of adsorbent showed no pathological signs which confirmed that addition of adsorbent to aflatoxin contaminated feed diminish the toxic effects of aflatoxin [ 32, 33].
However the results of groups E and F fed on 0.4% and 0.5% respectively showed slight variation in tested parameters from group A. The prepared adsorbent was efficient for the detoxification of aflatoxin B1 in gastrointestinal tract of chicks and no negative symptoms associated with the use of activated carbon as previously reported were observed for the adsorbent under study.
F; feeding regime (percent of the recommended feeding regime given by the commercial industry); M ; percentage mortality throughout the experiment.
