DISTRIBUTION Of AFLATOXIN B1 FROM POULTRY FEED TO
DIFFERENT BODY TISSUES OF BROILERS
Farida Begum, A. Rehman1l, G. Maliha
and J. Nuzhat
Department of Biological
Sciences, University of Arid Agriculture Rawalpind, 1Nutrition
Section. Poultry Research Institute,
Rawalpindi,
Pakistan
Abstract
This study was carried out to know the
distribution of aflatoxin B1 In various edible tissues of broilers from poultry
feed at the stage of marketing. For this purpose liver, kidney, dressed meat and
poultry feed of the representative flocks were collected and oven dried. The
aflatoxin B1 contents of the samples were .e; determined through thin layer
chromatography, The data thus collected were statistically analyzed and the
results showed that the aflatoxin B1 level was higher (P<0.0 I) in liver as
compared to kidneys and meat.
Key words: Broilers, Body tissues, aflatoxin B1 distribution.