Effect of synbiotics on broilers exposed to subclinical doses of fumonisins and deoxynivalenol.

ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to identify the efficacy of a synbiotic containing Bifidobacterium animalis, Pediococcus acidilactici, Enterococcus faecium, and fructooligosaccharides in mitigating the effects of subclinical doses of combined fumonisins (FUM), deoxynivalenol (DON), and zearalenone (ZEN) in broiler chickens. A total of 360 one-day-old Cobb 500 male chicks were randomly allocated to four treatments in a 2 × 2 factorial design with six replicates per treatment (n = 6). The treatments were 1) Control, 2) Mycotoxin-contaminated diet, 3) Synbiotic supplementation (0.05 %, PoultryStar BRO, dsm-firmenich), and 4) Mycotoxin + Synbiotic. The analyzed mycotoxin concentrations in the basal and contaminated diets were 2.4 mg FUM + 1 mg DON + 0.07 mg ZEN and 8.5 mg FUM + 3.8 mg DON + 0.

SUBMITTER: Dasireddy JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12593598 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature