Wafaa Abd El-Ghany  Abd El-Ghany, Mahmoud  Essam El-Deen Hatem, Wafaa  A. Abd El-Ghany, M.E.  Hatem, 
    Evaluation of the Efficacy of Feed Additives to Counteract the Toxic Effects of Aflatoxicosis in Broiler Chickens,
    Research Journal of Poultry Sciences,
    Volume 6,Issue 1,
    2013,
    Pages 1-12,
    ISSN 1993-5285,
    rjpscience.2013.1.12,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjpscience.2013.1.12)
    Abstract: This research was designed to evaluate the efficacy of Hydrated 
  Sodium Calcium Aluminosilicate (HSCAS) and a phytobiotic (turmeric powder) to 
  counteract the toxic effects of aflatoxin B<SUB>1</SUB> in broiler chickens. 
  Five hundred, days old broiler chicks were divided equally into 5 groups. Birds 
  of group 1 were fed on plain ration containing neither aflatoxin B<SUB>1</SUB> 
  nor treatment while birds in groups 2-5 were fed on ration contaminated with 
  aflatoxin B<SUB>1</SUB> at concentration of 2.5 ppm of ration from day old till 
  the end of the experiment. Chickens in group 2 were given ration contaminated 
  with aflatoxin B<SUB>1</SUB> only. Group 3 was treated with HSCAS at a concentration 
  of 0.5% while group 4 was fed on ration containing turmeric powder in a dose 
  of 80 mg kg<SUP>-1</SUP> of the ration. Chickens in group 5 were given concomitant 
  HSCAS and turmeric powder at the recommended doses. All groups were kept under 
  observation till 5 weeks of age. The results cleared that treatment of aflatoxicated 
  birds either with HSCAS or turmeric powder even their combination induced protection 
  from the development of signs and lesions with significant (p&lt;0.05) improvement 
  of performance when compared with un-treated control group. Both HSCAS and turmeric 
  powder treatment induced significant (p&lt;0.05) amelioration of the measured 
  organs body weights ratio, humoral immune response to Newcastle Disease (ND) 
  and biochemical parameters in aflatoxicated chickens.
    Keywords: hydrated sodium calcium aluminosilicate;Aflatoxicosis;poultry;turmeric powder;Egypt