Feed contamination with Fusarium mycotoxins induces a corticosterone stress response in broiler chickens
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- Gunther Antonissen (UGent) , Siegrid De Baere (UGent) , Mathias Devreese (UGent) , Filip Van Immerseel (UGent) , An Martel (UGent) and Siska Croubels (UGent)
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- The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of the Fusarium mycotoxins deoxynivalenol (DON) and fumonisins (FBs) on the stress response in broiler chickens, using corticosterone (CORT) in plasma as biomarker. Chickens were fed either a control diet, a DON contaminated diet, a FBs contaminated diet, or a DON and FBs contaminated diet for 15 days at concentrations close to the European Union maximum guidance levels for DON and FBs in poultry. Mean plasma CORT levels were significantly higher in broiler chickens fed a DON contaminated and a DON and FBs contaminated diet compared to birds fed a control diet. A similar trend was observed for animals fed a FBs contaminated diet. Consequently, feeding broilers a diet contaminated with DON and/or FBs induced a CORT stress response, which may indicate a negative effect on animal welfare.
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- fumonisins, mycotoxins, deoxynivalenol, broiler chickens, corticosterone, LC-MS/MS, DEOXYNIVALENOL
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8109013
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- Antonissen, Gunther, et al. “Feed Contamination with Fusarium Mycotoxins Induces a Corticosterone Stress Response in Broiler Chickens.” POULTRY SCIENCE, vol. 96, no. 1, 2017, pp. 14–17, doi:10.3382/ps/pew280.
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- Antonissen, G., De Baere, S., Devreese, M., Van Immerseel, F., Martel, A., & Croubels, S. (2017). Feed contamination with Fusarium mycotoxins induces a corticosterone stress response in broiler chickens. POULTRY SCIENCE, 96(1), 14–17. https://doi.org/10.3382/ps/pew280
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- Antonissen, Gunther, Siegrid De Baere, Mathias Devreese, Filip Van Immerseel, An Martel, and Siska Croubels. 2017. “Feed Contamination with Fusarium Mycotoxins Induces a Corticosterone Stress Response in Broiler Chickens.” POULTRY SCIENCE 96 (1): 14–17. https://doi.org/10.3382/ps/pew280.
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- Antonissen, Gunther, Siegrid De Baere, Mathias Devreese, Filip Van Immerseel, An Martel, and Siska Croubels. 2017. “Feed Contamination with Fusarium Mycotoxins Induces a Corticosterone Stress Response in Broiler Chickens.” POULTRY SCIENCE 96 (1): 14–17. doi:10.3382/ps/pew280.
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- 1.Antonissen G, De Baere S, Devreese M, Van Immerseel F, Martel A, Croubels S. Feed contamination with Fusarium mycotoxins induces a corticosterone stress response in broiler chickens. POULTRY SCIENCE. 2017;96(1):14–7.
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- [1]G. Antonissen, S. De Baere, M. Devreese, F. Van Immerseel, A. Martel, and S. Croubels, “Feed contamination with Fusarium mycotoxins induces a corticosterone stress response in broiler chickens,” POULTRY SCIENCE, vol. 96, no. 1, pp. 14–17, 2017.
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