DETERMINATION OF BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF YEAST CELL WALL EXTRACT IN BROILERS FED DIET CONTAMINATED WITH T-2 TOXIN
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2020-02
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KARNATAKA VETERINARY, ANIMAL AND FISHERIES SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, BIDAR
Abstract
An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of yeast cell wall extract
(YCWE) on growth performance, organ weights, immune status, serum biochemical and
histopathological changes in broilers fed on diets containing 0 ppm and 0.5 ppm T-2 toxin.
A total of 240 one-day old commercial male broiler chicks were divided at random into 4
dietary treatment groups each having 5 replicates of 12 chicks each; T1 (control), T2 (basal
diet + 0.1 % YCWE), T3 (basal diet + 0.5 ppm T-2 toxin) and T4 (basal diet + 0.5 ppm T 2 toxin + 0.1 % YCWE). Supplementation of 0.1 % YCWE in basal diet (T2) had no adverse
effects. Feeding diet contaminated with 0.5 ppm T-2 toxin caused significant reduction in
bodyweight and poor FCR. The serum levels of total protein, albumin, cholesterol, anti body titres against NDV and IBDV were significantly reduced whereas, there was a
significant increase in the serum levels of alkaline phosphatase (ALP), serum glutamic
pyruvic transamin