Evaluation of the Beneficial Effect of Chamomile Alcoholic Extract Against Mycotoxins in Broiler Chickens

Abstract

The aim of this study was to use chamomile alcoholic extract in broiler chicken diet to reduce the harmful effects of Aflatoxin and Ochratoxin on functional traits and biochemical parameters of blood associated with immune system. In this experiment, in order to investigate the effect of chamomile alcoholic extract to reduce the effects of Aflatoxin and Ochratoxin from 384 male Ross-308 broiler chicks in a completely randomized design with factorial arrangement 2×2×8 with 8 treatments, 4 replicates and 12 birds per replicate used. Treatments included: 1 base diet (control), 2: base diet+ppb 500 Aflatoxin, 3: base diet+ppb 250, Ochratoxin, 4: base diet+0.3 percent chamomile extract, 5: base diet + 500 ppb Aflatoxin with ppb 250 Ochratoxin, 6: Base diet + ppb 250 Ochratoxin with 0.3% chamomile extract, 7: Base diet+ppb 500 Aflatoxin with 0.3% chamomile extract, 8: Base diet + ppb 500 Aflatoxin with 250 ppb of Ochratoxin with 0.3% Chamomile extract. The results showed that the addition of chamomile alcoholic extract improved the functional traits of broiler chicks receiving Aflatoxin and Ochratoxin toxins. Also, the concentration of immune-related blood parameters in chickens receiving the same alcoholic extract of chamomile and Aflatoxin and Ochratoxin improved compared to birds that received only Aflatoxin and Ochratoxin poisons.