HISTOPATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF QUAILS LIVER EXPERIMENTALLY INDUCED BY AFLATOXIN

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This study to evaluate the toxic effects of aflatoxin (AF) at a rate of 2.5 and 5 ppm on liver histopathological appearance of local quails.sixty quail chicks at one day old randomly divided into two pen replicates of ten chicks each were assigned to each of three dietary treatments. 1) basal diet containing no AF/kg diet (control); 2) basal diet supplemented with 2.5 ppm diet and 3) basal diet supplemented with 5 ppm diet. The chicks were individually weighed on a weekly basis, feed consumption and body weight gain were recorded weekly. The trial period was 5 weeks and quails were maintained on 24-h continuous light schedule and ad libitum access to diets and water. Feeding Aflatoxin to quails included liver fatty changes, necrosis, bile duct hyperplasia and aggregation of lymphocyte . The intensity of these changes were increased with increasing AF level in the diet. The results indicated that local quails are sensitive to AF

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Article Title العربیة

دراسة مرضية نسجية لكبد السمان المعرض تجريبيا لسموم الافلا

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قيس قرياقوس ابراهيم
Volume 12, Issue 1
Spring 2013
Page 116-126

  • Receive Date 01 June 2013
  • Revise Date 20 June 2013
  • Accept Date 25 June 2013
  • Publish Date 28 June 2013