Mixed probiotic/anti-mycotoxin additive (Saccharomyces cerevisiae RC016 and Lactobacillus rhamnosus RC007) supplementation of AFB1-contaminated feed influences broiler chickens productive parameters, biochemistry and liver/intestine histopathology

The objective of the present work was to study the influence of dietary supplementation of a probiotic and anti-mycotoxin mixed additive (MA, Saccharomyces cerevisiae RC016 and Lactobacillus rhamnosus RC007) and their interaction on the performance and health (biochemistry and livers/intestines histopathology) of broiler chickens fed aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) contaminated diets. A total of 60 one-day-old Cobb broilers were randomly allocated into four treatment groups with three replicates of 5 birds each for a five-week d feeding experiment. The dietary experimental of each treatment (T) were formulated as follows: T1, a commercial diet (CD); T2, CD + AFB1 (506.14 ± 22.1 ng/kg); T3, CD + 0.1% MA, the ratio of S. cerevisiae RC016 (1 x 107 cells/g) to L. rhamnosus RC007 (1 x 108 cells/g) was 1:1; T4, CD + AFB1 (506.14 ± 22.1 ng/kg) + 0.1% MA. The MA improved (p