MONITORING THE PREVENTIVE EFFECT OF FIX-A-T0X AGAINST AFLATOXICOSIS IN CULTURE OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS

Authors

1 Dept. of poultry and Fish, Fac. Vet. Med., Kafr El-Sheikh, Tanta U University

2 Food technology Dept., national research center , cairo

3 Dept. of pathology, Fac., Vet. Med.,Cairo university

Abstract

The effect of the recently used sequestering agent “fix-A-Tox’ was monitored in preventing aflatoxicosis probelm among cultured Oreochromis niloticus (O.niloticus) in Egypt. The supplementation of different levels of Fix-A-Tox to fish fed on control and crude aflatoxins contaminated diets for 6 months indicated a noticeable changes in the body weight development, mortalities and serum biochemical constituents. The histopathological examinatin revealed some alterations particularly in liver of fish received Fix-A-Tox either alone or in Combination with crude aflatoxins . Moreover, the Residual analysis in the fish liver revealed a Non-efficient effect of Fix-A-Tox in preventing Aflatoxicosis among cultured O.niloticus.


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