Abstract
In total, 240 one-day–old Japanese quails (Coturnix Coturnix Japonica) allocated at random to 6 treatments with 4 replicates and 10 birds in each. Treatments used were: 1) Negative control (without any additives or AFB1); 2) Positive control (basal diet + 2.5 ppm AFB1; 2); 3) TA008 (positive control + 108 cfu/ml Bacillus. megaterium TA008); 4) TA049 (positive control + 108 cfu mL-1 Bacillus. subtilis TA049); 5) TA010 (positive control+ 108 cfu mL-1 Brevibacillus brevis TA010) and 6) P (positive control + 2.5 g kg-1 Polysorb® in feed). Hatchability and embryonic mortality were significantly influenced by additives and AFB1 (p < 0.05). Birds fed TA008 improved 12 % hatchability and reduced 10 % embryonic mortality in compared to positive control (p < 0.05). Weight gain and feed conversion ratio did not affected by treatments (p > 0.05). Feed intake was significantly improved in birds feeding by TA008 at 0-21 days (p < 0.05). There were significant differences on relative weights of carcass, gizzard and proventriculus among treatments (p < 0.05). Serum total protein, albumin, cholesterol, glucose, HDL, globulin and uric acid were significantly affected by treatments (p < 0.05). These results showed that the inclusion of bacillus megaterium as potential probiotic into contaminated diets could improve the adverse effects of AFB1 in Japanese quails.
Highlights
Mycotoxins are low weight molecules which produced as secondary metabolites by fungi or molds
Hatchability was improved in TA008, TA049 and Polysorb groups respectively 9%, 10% and 1% rather than that positive control group
It was reported that the adverse effects of AFB1 on embryo appeared in early life embryonic (Hassan et al, 2012)
Summary
Mycotoxins are low weight molecules which produced as secondary metabolites by fungi or molds They can result acute problems for human and animal safety. It is suggested that temperature and humidity are mainly factors included in mycotoxin production (Bryden, 2012) Many feedstuffs, such as cereals, seeds, fruits and so on, are more susceptible to mycotoxin contamination (Wu, Liao, He, Feng, et al, 2015; Wu, Liao, He, Ren, et al, 2015). These components usually caused losses every year such as loss of human and animal life, reduced poultry productions, loss of cereals and feedstuffs and etc (Mohamed, 2011). Some species such as Lactobacillus, Bacillus, Bifidobacterium, Aspergillus, and Saccharomyces are widely used for the AFB1- degrading ability
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