Effects of addition of lactic acid bacteria and residue of beer alcoholic fermentation in diets on performance of broilers intoxicated with aflatoxin B1

Author(s)

Fernanda Bovo

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: Pirassununga.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Zootecnica e Engenharia de Alimentos (FZE/BT)
• Defense date: 2014-02-28

Examining board members

Carlos Augusto Fernandes de Oliveira; Ricardo de Albuquerque; Benedito Corrêa; Carmen Silvia Fávaro Trindade; Eliana Setsuko Kamimura

• Advisor: Carlos Augusto Fernandes de Oliveira

Abstract

The study aimed to evaluate the effect of adding strain of lactic acid bacteria and biomass of Saccharomyces cerevisiae from the beer alcoholic fermentation in diets on performance of broilers intoxicated with aflatoxin B1 (AFB1). For this purpose, the bacterial strain (Lactobacillus rhamnosus, LYO), which presented higher cell growth, was selected and subsequently dried. The residue of alcoholic fermentation (RAF) containing S. cerevisiae was obtained in microbrewery, dried and ground. Preliminarily, it was accomplished in vitro tests to evaluate the capacity of AFB1 removal by LYO (non-viable by heat treatment at 121ºC for 15 minutes, in solution or dried by spray-drying or lyophilization) and RAF in buffer solution (pH 3.0 and 6.0) at 25ºC. The in vivo test was conducted using 200 one day old male chicks, from arrays of commercial broilers. The birds were randomly assigned to 8 treatments with 25 birds each in a factorial 2 x 2 x 2, corresponding to two levels (0 and 2,000 µg/kg) of AFB1 incorporation to feed and two levels (0 and 1%) of incorporation of LYO (spray-dried) and RAF. The chicks received the experimental diets from 1st to 21st days of life. Weight gain (WG), feed intake (FI) and calculation of feed conversion (FC) were assessed weekly and at the end of the experiment, it was determined the viability of the surviving broilers compared to the total. Serum biochemical analysis at days 14 and 21 included the determination of total protein (TP), glucose (GLU), albumin (ALB), globulin (GLO), calcium (CA), uric acid (UA) and the enzymes aspartate-aminotransferase (AST) and gamma-glutamyl-transferase (GGT). At the end of the intoxication period, broilers of all treatments were sacrificed and weighed, determining the relative weights of liver, kidneys and bursa of Fabricius, beside the histopathological analysis of these organs. in vitro tests showed that LYO in solution could bind 46.0% and 35.8% of AFB1 at pH 3.0 and 6.0, respectively, while RFC was able to bind 50.5% and 48.5% of AFB1 the respective pH values. However, atomized LYO completely lost its adsorption capacity, whereas lyophilized LYO could maintain its ability to bind AFB1 by 36.6% at pH 3.0 and 27.2% at pH 6.0. in vivo study results demonstrated that the treatments with LYO, isolated or associated with RFC, showed no satisfactory effect on the variables analyzed in broilers, except for an increase in CA, ALB, PT and GLO. The use of RFC resulted in greater mitigation of effects on performance and serum biochemistry parameters, such as increased GP, ALB, PT, GLO and CA, besides the reduction of histopathological changes, compared to the control group. The experiments demonstrated that RFC has potential for use as anti-aflatoxin additive for broilers, and further studies are necessary to enable the scale production of LYO lyophilized for use in animal feed. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 11/03410-0 - Effects of addition of lactic acid bacteria and residue of alcoholic fermentation to feeds on performance of broilers intoxicated with aflatoxin B1.
• Grantee: Fernanda Bovo Campagnollo
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate