Individual and Combined Effects of the Fusarium Mycotoxins Fumonisin B1 and Moniliformin in Broiler Chicks

D. R. Ledoux; J. N. Broomhead; A. J. Bermudez; G. E. Rottinghaus

doi:10.1637/7028

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1 October 2003 Individual and Combined Effects of the Fusarium Mycotoxins Fumonisin B₁ and Moniliformin in Broiler Chicks

D. R. Ledoux, J. N. Broomhead, A. J. Bermudez, G. E. Rottinghaus

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Avian Diseases, 47(4):1368-1375 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1637/7028

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SUMMARY. The individual and combined effects of feeding fumonisin B1 (FB1; 0, 100, 200 mg FB1/kg) and moniliformin (M; 0, 100, 200 mg M/kg) were evaluated using a 3 × 3 factorial arrangement of treatments. Significant mortality (P < 0.05) occurred in chicks fed all diets containing 200 mg M/kg (50%–65%). Compared with controls and chicks fed FB1, both feed intake and body weight gain were decreased (P < 0.05) in chicks fed diets containing 100 mg M/kg. Chicks fed M had heavier heart weights (P < 0.05) than control chicks or chicks fed FB1. Compared with controls, chicks fed diets containing 200 mg M/kg or a combination of 200 mg FB1/kg and 100 mg M/kg had increased kidney and liver weights (P < 0.05). Significant FB1 by M interactions (P < 0.05) were observed for serum total protein and aspartate aminotransferase. Mild to moderate periportal extramedullary hematopoiesis and mild focal hepatic necrosis were observed in chicks fed FB1 alone. An increased incidence of large pleomorphic cardiomyocyte nuclei, loss of cardiomyocytes, and mild focal renal tubular mineralization were observed in chicks fed M alone. Both cardiac and renal lesions were observed in chicks fed combinations of FB1 and M. Data indicate FB1 and M, alone or in combination, can adversely affect chick performance and health at these dietary concentrations. The interactive effects of FB1 and M were not synergistic and were less than additive in nature. At the dietary concentrations studied, M is much more toxic to broilers than FB1.

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D. R. Ledoux, J. N. Broomhead, A. J. Bermudez and G. E. Rottinghaus "Individual and Combined Effects of the Fusarium Mycotoxins Fumonisin B₁ and Moniliformin in Broiler Chicks," Avian Diseases 47(4), (1 October 2003). https://doi.org/10.1637/7028

Received: 10 February 2003; Accepted: ; Published: 1 October 2003

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