USING TWO LOCAL MINERAL MUDS AS AN ALTERNATIVE OF AN ACTIVATED SODIUM BENTONITE FOR RETRICTING AFLATOXIN ON THE QUALITATIVE CHARACTERISTICS  OF  COTORNIX COTORNIX JAPONICA EGGS

A. Shlij, A.

	USING TWO LOCAL MINERAL MUDS AS AN ALTERNATIVE OF AN ACTIVATED SODIUM BENTONITE FOR RETRICTING AFLATOXIN ON THE QUALITATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF COTORNIX COTORNIX JAPONICA EGGS
IRAQ JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE
Article 1, Volume 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 0-0
Author
A. A. Shlij
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the sufficiency of two local mineral muds (M.T.M) and (K.M) as compared with the efficiency of using an activated sodium bentonite in restricting the aflatoxins effect on the qualitative characteristics of eggs. (192) female and (96) male of (Cutornix cutornix japonica) birds were randomly distributed and subjected to eight nutrition treatments (from 7-15 weeks of age) as follows (T1: control treatment, T2:2mg/kg aflatoxins feed, T3:2mg/kg feed +0.4% sodium bentonite, T4:2mg/kg aflatoxins feed + 0.8% sodium bentonite, T5: 2mg/kg aflatoxins feed + 0.4% mineral mud M.T.M, T6: 2mg/kg aflatoxins feed + 0.8% mineral mud M.T.M, T7: 2mg/kg aflatoxins feed + 0.4% mineral mud K.M, T8: 2mg/kg aflatoxins feed + 0.8% mineral mud K.M). The results of statistical analysis indicate that the addition of the two mineral muds and activated sodium bentonite to provender polluted by aflatoxins, showed a significant (P<0.05) improvement in eggs quality (eggs weight, albumin and yolk high, yolk index, shell thickness , percentage weight of yolk , percentage weight of albumin, percentage weight of shell ) The results of these treatments didn't vary significantly from control group results, whereas the existence of aflatoxins in feed without adding the mineral mud caused a significant (P<0.05) decrease in qualitative characteristics of eggs.

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