Efeitos da piperina em frangos de corte (Gallus gallus) com intoxicação experimental por aflatoxinas

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to analyze the interference of the administration of piperine in broiler chickens with prolonged aflatoxins intoxication. The experiment was accomplished in two phases: (i) the chickens were separate in four groups test (n=15 broilers / I group), that received different piperine concentrations (1.12, 2.25 and 4.5mg/kg orally/14 days), and a control group, that was only inoculated with the vehicle; (ii) chickens were separate in 3 groups (n=15 broilers/group), a group that received only piperine (2.25 mg/kg), a group that received aflatoxins only (2.0 mg/kg) and another group that received an association of piperine (2.25 mg/kg) and aflatoxins (2.0 mg/kg), all orally / 14 days. At the end of the experiment, the chickens were slaughted and productivity indexes, hematological parameters and histopathological parameters of every digesting tract were evaluated. The results obtained in the first phase showed that the piperine, in the employed doses, didn't interfere in the productivity indexes nor in the result of the values of hematocrit, hemoglobin concentration, fibrinogen and erythrocyte counts, except for the highest doses of piperine, which were capable to promote an increase in the total counting of the white blood cells. The dose of 2.25 piperine mg/kg was not toxic or had and the histopathological lesions observed were dose-dependent. In the second phase of the experiment, it was observed that the productivity indexes in the group that received the association piperine and aflatoxins obtained better performing comparatively with those that just received aflatoxins. The piperine in the concentration of 2.25 mg/kg reduced in a significant way the immunosuppresor activity and the histopathological lesions caused by the aflatoxins. It can be suggested that piperine interferes in a positive way, reducing the toxic effects of the aflatoxins intoxication in broiler chickens.