ABSTRACT
Background: Aflatoxin-contaminated feed cause mortality, suppression of the immune system, reduced growth rates and losses in feed efficiency. An experiment was conducted to evaluate the ability of different levels of sodium bentonite [SB], Silybummarianum seeds [SMS] and their combination for reducing the adverse effects of Aflatoxin B1 [AFB1] in broiler chicks
Materials and Methods: 224 male Ross 308 broiler chicks in a completely randomized design based on factorial experiment [2 × 2 × 2] with 2 levels AFB [0and 500ppb], 2 levels SMS [0 and 0.5%] and 2 levels SB [0 and 0.5%] with 8 treatments, 4 replicates and 7 chickens per each were used from one to 24 days age
Results: the results showed that compared with the control group, diets contaminated with AFB[1] increased the aminotransferase [AST] and gammaglutamyl transferase [GGT] but decreased serum total protein [TP] and Albumin significantly [P
Conclusion: the results showed that the combination of SB and the SMS were more beneficial as separate application of them for decreased toxic effect of Aflatoxin B1 in diets