Oğuz, HalisKurtoğlu, FiruzeKurtoğlu, VarolBirdane, Yavuz Osman2020-03-262020-03-262002Oğuz, H., Kurtoğlu, F., Kurtoğlu, V., (2002). Evaluation of Biochemical Characters of Broiler Chickens During Dietary Aflatoxin (50 and 100 Ppb) and Clinoptilolite Exposure. Research in Veterinary Science, (73), 101-103. Doi: 10.1016/S0034-5288(02)00040-10034-5288https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0034-5288(02)00040-1https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/17954Aflatoxin (AF) and clinoptilolite (CLI, a natural zeolite) were added to broiler food and some biochemical values and enzyme activities were evaluated. The experimental design consisted of six dietary treatments. (1) Control: basal diet; (2) CLI: basal diet plus 15 g clinoptilolite kg(-1) diet; (3) 50 ppb AF: basal diet plus 50 mug total aflatoxin (AF; the composition given below) kg(-1) diet; (4) 50 ppb AF + CLI: basal diet plus 50 mug AF Plus 15 g CLI kg(-1) diet; (5) 100 ppb AF: basal diet plus 100 mug AF kg(-1) diet; (6) 100 ppb AF + CLI: basal diet plus 100 mug AF plus 15 g CLI kg(-1) diet. A commercially available CLI was provided from the west region of Turkey and its chemical formula is "KNa2Ca2(Si(29)AL(7))O.7(2).32H(2)O". For this a total of 576 1-day-old Ross broiler chicks were housed in six treatment groups from days I to 42. AF treatment significantly increased the serum Na levels and the aspartate-amino-transferase (ASAT) and alanine-amino-trasferase (ALAT) enzyme activities, while total protein, albumin, total cholesterol uric acid, and K levels were not significantly different between groups. These results suggest that these low A F levels in food did not change the serum biochemistry but significantly affected the enzyme activities in broilers.en10.1016/S0034-5288(02)00040-1info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessArticle7310110312208113Q1WOS:000178691400013Q2