Abstract This investigation was aimed to evaluate the effects of Silybum marianum seed, Thymus vulgaris , and Rosmarinus officinalis powders their combination in alleviating risks aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) young broiler chicks. One-day-old Ross 308 male chickens were allocated 6 experimental groups from d 1 21. The dietary included: Negative control (NC) received basal diet, Positive (PC) containing ...

Mycotoxins are toxic chemicals produced by certain species of molds usually belonging to the Aspergillus, Penicillium or Fusarium genera. The importance of mycotoxins to aquaculture and animal agriculture first became apparent during the early 1960s with outbreaks of aflatoxicosis in young turkeys in the United Kingdom and hatchery-reared rainbow trout (Onchorynchus mykiss) in the United States...

BACKGROUND Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is potent hepatotoxic and hepatocarcinogenic agent. In aflatoxicosis, oxidative stress is a common mechanism contributing to initiation and progression of hepatic damage. The aim of this work was to evaluate the hepatoprotective effect of cactus cladode extract (CCE) on aflatoxin B1-induced liver damage in mice by measuring malondialdehyde (MDA) level, the protein...

INTRODUCTION Hepatic disease is usual in large animals. Increases in serum hepatic enzymes and total bile acid concentration may indicate hepatic dysfunction, insult, disease, or failure. While liver disease is particularly usual in foals, progression to liver failure is not. Diseases that frequently result in hepatic failure in horses include Theiler's disease, Tyzzer's disease, pyrrolizidine ...

Aflatoxins remain as a threat to the health of livestock as well as humans by their continuing intermittent occurrence in both feeds and foods. The finding that aflatoxin-contaminated feeds, and eventually purified aflatoxins, were carcinogenic in rats and trout initiated a multitude of studies in search of the role of these toxins in human liver disease, especially cancer. Although aflatoxins ...