en Protective Influence of Gamma Rays and Electron-Beam Irradiation with a Commercial Toxin Binder on Toxic Effects of Aflatoxin B1 in Japanese Quails عمومى General پژوهشي Research <p dir="ltr"><strong>Background:</strong> This cross sectional study was conducted to evaluate the effect of &gamma-rays and electron-beam irradiation with a commercial toxin binder-milbond-TX on the performance, feed components, and meat quality of Japanese quails challenged with aflatoxin B₁.</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Methods:</strong> Overall, 168 One-d-old chicks (Japanese quails) were allocated to eight treatments with three replicates based on a completely randomized design in a 2&times;4 factorial arrangement. Two levels of aflatoxin (Zero and 2 ppm) were considered as the essential factor. The secondary factor was involved in four levels (Control, 27 k Gy doses of &gamma-rays, electron-beam irradiation, and 0.3% commercial toxin binder-milbond-TX).</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Results:</strong> <em>In vitro</em> condition showed that experiment diets do not have any effect on meat quality and feed components such as malondialdehyde, protein, fat, ash, and the dry matter. However, the highest and the lowest levels of feed intake and body weight gain were observed in the 7th treatment (2-ppm aflatoxin B₁ + electron-beam irradiation) and the 2nd treatment (2-ppm aflatoxin B₁ alone), respectively in 1-15 and 29-42 days (<em>P</em>&le0.05). In addition, the highest liver weight (1.73), spleen (0.57) and bursa (0.18) were seen in the second treatment (2 ppm aflatoxin B₁) alone (<em>P</em>&le0.05) at the age of 42 days.</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Conclusion:</strong> &gamma-rays and electron-beam irradiation plus commercial toxin binder-milbond-TX can be used for aflatoxin B₁ absorption in poultry diets.</p> Aflatoxin B1, Irradiation, Performance, Toxin Binder. 1 7 http://ijt.arakmu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-83-6&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Saeed Hasanpour سعید حسن پور 100319475328460011109 100319475328460011109 No Department of Poultry Science, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran. Department of Poultry Science, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran. Shaban Rahimi شعبان رحیمی 100319475328460011110 100319475328460011110 No Department of Poultry Science, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran. Department of Poultry Science, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran. Omid Fani Makki امید فانی مکی ofanimakki@birjand.ac.ir 100319475328460011111 100319475328460011111 Yes MSc of Animal Science, Research and Development office, Zarin Gostar Sarina Company, Kashmar, Khorasan Razavi Province, Iran. MSc of Animal Science, Research and Development office, Zarin Gostar Sarina Company, Kashmar, Khorasan Razavi Province, Iran. Gholamreza Shahhosseini غلامرضا شاه حسینی 100319475328460011112 100319475328460011112 No Department of Agricultural Research, Medicine and Industrial Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Institute, Karaj, Iran. Department of Agricultural Research, Medicine and Industrial Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Institute, Karaj, Iran. Alireza Khosravi علیرضا خسروی 100319475328460011113 100319475328460011113 No Department of Mycology Reference Center, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. Department of Mycology Reference Center, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.