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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 127

Q127

Order of tolerance of aflatoxin

A.
Chicken > Guinea fowl > Duck
B.
Duck > Guinea fowl > Chicken
C.
Guinea fowl > Chicken > Duck
Answer
D.
Chicken > Duck > Guinea fowl

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Order of tolerance of aflatoxin is Guinea fowl > Chicken > Duck.
The presence of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) in poultry diets decreases the hatchability, hatchling weight, growth rate, meat, and egg production, meat and egg quality, and vaccination efficiency, as well as impairing the feed conversion ratio and increases the susceptibility of birds to disease and mortality.
It is greatest in Guinea fowl, then in Chicken followed by Duck.