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The effect of natural zeolite and bakery waste on performance and serum parameters of broiler chickens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

M. R. Kouhkan Nezhad ,
H. Kermanshahi  and
F. Eftekhari Shahroudi
M. R. Kouhkan Nezhad*
Affiliation:
Animal Science Department, College of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran.
H. Kermanshahi
Affiliation:
Animal Science Department, College of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran.
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Use of bakery waste in animal nutrition is a way to reduce feed cost and environmental pollution. Large quantities of bakery waste are produced in Iran. It is possible to replace wheat with bakery waste in poultry rations. Bakery waste has a considerable moisture and carbohydrate and might be polluted with mold and mycotoxins. The presence of mycotoxins in ration may lead to increase mortality and decrease performance of broiler chickens. To reduce the possible adverse effects of mycotoxin, zeolite (clinoptilolite) has used in poultry diets successfully (Oguz and Kurtoglu 2000). It acts as an adsorbent and reduces bioavailability of mycotoxin in gastrointestinal tract. The objective of this experiment was to use bakery wastes in broiler chicken rations and to study its effect on performance and role of zeolite in decreasing possible adverse effects of bakery wastes.

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Poultry
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2003 , 2003 , pp. 178
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2003

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