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Testing Mycotoxin in Feed of Broiler Breeders

Competitive Study Of Elitox Vs Toxin Binder on the Performance without Testing Mycotoxin in Feed of Broiler Breeders in Field Condition

Published: January 30, 2012
By: Dr. Suresh Nipane (Suman Hatchery Ltd.), Pradip Linge, S. Gupta (Impextraco)
Management of broiler breeder in poultry industry in India strongly emphasizes the importance of cost control at all levels. Usually in broiler breeder operation, the costs involved is the production of the hatching egg or the day old chick and are important as seen in the perspective of the cost per kg of live bird. In field condition, the greatest attention is usually given to the performance of broiler breeders, and most of the research in the field is focused on the improvement of their relative performance, mainly in terms of saleable chicks produced per hen. Most of broiler breeders in India regularly incorporate Mycotoxin binder with or without testing Mycotoxin levels in feed ingredients as a safety measure. A competitive field trial of toxin-eliminator and toxin binder was conducted on broiler breeder Cobb-100 in peak production period between 27th to 32nd weeks to measure the performance without testing mycotoxin levels in feed and it has been concluded that the Elitox (Mycotoxin-eliminator) was better economically over the toxin binder at same inclusion rate on regular use basis.
Introduction:
The most significant mycotoxins in naturally contaminated foods and feeds are aflatoxin, ochratoxin, trichothecene, zearalenone and fumonisin. In many cases these mycotoxins can be found in combination in food and feed. The FAO has estimated that worldwide, about 25% of crops are affected annually with mycotoxins. Such surveys reveal sufficiently high occurrences and concentrations of mycotoxins to suggest that mycotoxins are a constant concern. Because of the difficulty to diagnose the rious effects of mycotoxin levels at par or below the safe recommendations in the broiler breeders evaluation of mycotoxin problem becomes a process of elimination and association. Certain basics can be helpful: 
  • Mycotoxins should be considered as a possible primary factor resulting in production losses and increased incidence of disease.
  • Systemic effects as well as specific damage to target tissues can be used as a guide to possible causes.
  • Because of the immune suppressing effects of mycotoxins, atypical diseases or increased incidence of disease may be observed.
  • Feed analyses should be performed, but accurate sampling is a problem.
  • Regular use of mould inhibitor/toxin binder as preventive measure to improve performance.
The objective of this study to observe performance of broiler breeder by using of toxin-eliminator Vs toxin binder in feed without testing toxin levels on regular basis. The following parameters were compared: 
  • Hen day production 
  • Hatching egg percentage 
  • Crack percentage 
  • Mortality percentage 
Materials and Methods:
A field trial was conducted on Broiler Breeder (Cobb-100) from 27th week to 32nd weeks in cage system two groups i.e. one group was 'A' Female 3864 and Male 473 Broiler Breeders and other group was 'B' Female 3974 and Male 517 Broiler Breeders.  Broiler Breeder Layer Mash (Phase-I) feed given to both groups same feed ingredients and feed formulation except Group 'A' was given Mycotoxin-eliminator (Elitox) @ 1 Kg/ Ton of feed and Group 'B' was given Mycotoxin Binder @ 1 Kg/ Ton of feed. The comparative study of Elitox Vs toxin binder was shown in table 1. The composition of feed ingredients and the proximate content of the diet is given in Table 2. Consumption of feed per bird, Hen day production, Hatching eggs percentage, Crack percentage & Mortality percentage were calculated at weekly intervals. Daily routine managemental practices were same during trail period.

Table 1: Composition of broiler breeder layer mash phase -1 and its proximate analysis:
Ingredients/Feed premix
B.B.L.M (P-I)
Maize
500.000
Rice Broken (Usana)
100.000
Deo. Rice Bran
67.000
Deo. Soyabean Meal
193.000
Sunflower Meal/Ext.
40.000
Lime Stone Powder
16.000
DCP
20.000
Shell Grit
53.000
Salt
3.000
L-Lysine
0.600
DL-Methionine
1.200
Choline Chloride 60%
0.700
Vitamin.  Premix
1.000
Tracemin-BB
2.000
Selenosac-E ( Organic  Selenium )
0.120
Vit C (Phytocee)
0.130
Vit E (Herbal E)
0.100
KCl
0.080
Elitox/Toxin binder
1.000
Caplix-DS ( Cocktail enzyme )
0.300
Tylosin Phosphate
0.300
Kem-GEST Dry
1.000
Haldi ( Turmaric )
0.130
Flyban
0.500
Laymore
1.000
Total
1003.000


Proximate Principles
B.B.L.M. (P-I)
M.E. Kcal/Kg 
2563
C.P.%
16.15
Ca%
3.15
E.E. %
2.47
P (Avail) %
0.54
Nacl%
0.33
C.F.%
4.77
Lysine  %
0.8
Methionine  %
0.4
 
Table 2: Comperative study of Eltox and Toxin binder:
 
Elitox
Toxin binder
Composition
Enzymes
Mannan oligo saccharides (MOS)
 
Natural biopolymer (Chitosan)
 
 
Natural extracts
 
 
Vitamin-C
 
 
Selected carriers-HSCAS)
Selected carriers-Mineral based
Dosage
1 kg/T
1 kg/T
Cost of Dose
$3.25
$6.00
 
Results and Discussion:
The Hen day production, Hatching eggs percentage, Crack and Mortality percentage of Broiler Breeders are given in Table 3 & 4. Feed consumption per bird was same in each group which was recorded approximately 130 gm/bird. Hen day production and hatching eggs percentage were improved by 1.0 and 1.40% respectively in Elitox containing diet. Crack percentage was significantly improved in Group A (3.81%) as compare to Group B (5.08%). Mortality was not significantly differing in each group but it was lower in diet containing Elitox.
Table 3: Performance of broiler breeder in six weeks of layer phase -1
Age
Elitox
Toxin Binder 
(Wk)
(Group - A )
(Group - B )
 
H.D. %
H.E. %
Crack%
Mort %
H.D. %
H.E. %
Crack%
Mort %
27
23.23
93.09
5.2
0
23.42
91.28
6.95
0.01
28
40.00
94.7
3.96
0.1
40.27
92.65
6.00
0.1
29
54.63
94.8
3.51
0.02
54.62
92.36
6.24
0.08
30
67.32
95
3.25
0.02
65.57
94.5
4.02
0.05
31
75.45
95.55
3.46
0
74.18
94.74
3.43
0.02
32
79.71
95.72
3.48
0.05
78.71
95.37
3.85
0.02
 
Table 4: Comparative average parameter of performance Elitox Vs toxin binder
Parameter
Elitox
Toxin Binder
H.D. %
56.72
56.13
H.E. %
94.81
93.48
Crack%
3.81
5.08
Mort %
0.03
0.05
Overall performance was better in Elitox containing diet might be due to specific composition of Elitox containing enzymes for specific mycotoxins, Natural biopolymer and natural extracts as hepatoprotective agents.
It has been concluded that in this study regular use of Elitox (toxin-eliminator) in feed was economically better in broiler breeder performance.
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Dr. Suresh Nipane
Suman Hatchery Ltd.
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Dr. Madhab Howlader
26 de noviembre de 2011

Good article about the testing Mycotoxin in Feed of Broiler Breeders. Elitox and Novasilplus,what is more potential toxinbinder,Is it(elitox) work both in-vivo and in-vitro?What's the binding capacity of toxin(ppb)?

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