FEEDING OF FERRETS WITH THE RAW MEAT AND LIVER OF CHICKENS CHRONICALLY POISONED WITH TOXIC GROUNDNUT MEAL.
Chickens were fed a ration containing 30 per cent of toxic groundnut meal for up to six weeks. The concentration of aflatoxin (toxic metabolites of Aspergillus flavus) in the above ration was 3.06 p.p.m. At the end of 2nd, 4th or 6th week the birds were killed. The meat was removed from the bones and put through a meat grinder. The livers of three groups were pooled together. Three control groups of birds kept on commercial pellets were treated similarly. Female ferrets, two years of age, were used in the present study. They were divided into four groups. The first three groups were given for one month meat from chickens fed the toxic ration for 2, 4, and 6 weeks, respectively. Each of these three groups contained one control ferret that was fed with the meat of chickens fed a commercial ration for a similar period of time. One half of the 4th group was fed pooled liver from intoxicated birds and one half was fed liver from control birds. No significant changes in the ferret tissues were observed as a consequence of feeding them with the meat or liver from the chickens chronically poisoned with toxic groundnut meal.
D000348:Aflatoxins; D000818:Animals; D000992:Antitoxins; D010367:Arachis; D001230:Aspergillus; D002335:Carnivora; D002645:Chickens; D004032:Diet; D005289:Ferrets; D005504:Food Analysis; D008099:Liver; D062407:Meals; D008460:Meat; D011200:Poultry; D012106:Research; D014116:Toxicology; D014118:Toxins, Biological
D000348:Aflatoxins; D000992:Antitoxins; D014118:Toxins, Biological
AFLATOXIN; ASPERGILLUS; CARNIVORA; DIET; EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; FOOD ANALYSIS; LIVER; MEAT; PEANUTS; POULTRY; TOXICOLOGIC REPORT; TOXINS AND ANTITOXINS