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MYCOTOXINS<br />

What is the<br />

effect of<br />

chemical<br />

toxicity in<br />

poultry?<br />

Carbofuran<br />

Use: During Storage and transportation of<br />

Maize<br />

Impact on Birds: Severe Kidney damage ,<br />

Liver damage , Yellow colored bile, Subencapsular<br />

haemorrhages in liver, severe<br />

mortality up to 30% in acute cases<br />

Thiram<br />

Use: Seed Treatment of Maize before sowing<br />

Impact on Birds: Liver enlargement & dysfunction,<br />

hepatitis, degenerative changes focal necrosis<br />

Clinical signs: anorexia, listless behaviour, dyspnea,<br />

convulsions, and death due to cardiac arrest, inhibit egg<br />

laying, soft egg shells, depressed growth and leg<br />

abnormalities.<br />

Deltamethrin<br />

Use: Insecticide, during maize storage and<br />

before sowing<br />

Impact on Birds: Severe body weight drop,<br />

poor hatchability, residue in the different organs<br />

Malathion<br />

Use: On field spray and while storage<br />

Impact on Birds: Nervous disorders and<br />

production stress<br />

Thaimethoxam<br />

Use: Insecticide<br />

Impact on Birds: Severe liver damage,<br />

growth suppression, impacts on hepatic<br />

enzymes<br />

Atrazine<br />

Use: During Storage and trasnportation of Maize<br />

Impact on Birds: Reproductive hormones, late<br />

maturity, hepatoxicity<br />

(Gupta 96), Hasegawa et al., 1988; Maita et al. 1991 Kaya & Bilgili,<br />

1998 Lorgue et al., 1996 Guitart et al., 1996 Chandra et al 2013<br />

Adejumo et al 2015 Wilhems 2006<br />

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