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Coping with mycotoxin contamination: protecting equine performance and health

Published on: 02/22/2007

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Author : THOMAS C. BUCKLEY - Irish Equine Centre Co. (Courtesy of Alltech Inc.)

The Irish equine industryOver many centuries, Ireland has become famous for its bloodstock. The country’s climate, soil and its peoples’ innate knowledge have given the Irish many advantages in the production of quality horses. These qualities continue to draw leading investors to our island, thus making the Irish bloodstock industry a major economic force.The equine industry in Irelan...

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Dr. Karki Kedar

Bagmati, Nepal

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Re: Coping with mycotoxin contamination: protecting equine performance and health

06/09/2008 | Fungi and mycotoxins are now an important part of our normal routine for the investigation of poor performance, and especially in equine acute sudden death has been reported from many part of globe, now main concern of equine practictioner is how to prevent its effect.

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Martin Lucione

Buenos Aires, Argentina

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04/18/2009 | Ref: Coping with contamination protecting equine performance and health

Excellent article, comes up to us that the development of fungi in raw materials and foods generates the appearance of mycotoxins frequently. The mycotoxins are toxic by- products of the fungical activity, are known more of (40) mycotoxins but the aflatoxins are most frequent and toxic, they are produced as it is determined in the article by the fungi of I generate Aspergillus.

Its way of action is the alteration of the protein synthesis and its main damage focuses :

* Alteration in the endocrine and neuroendocrine functions
* Alteration of the function and metabolism of nutrients
* Suppression of the immunological system

The producing fungi of mycotoxins we could classify them like:
* On storage (aspergillus and penicillium), more easily controlled
* On field (basically I generate fusarium), their control is hard because we depend on climatic condition, measures to resist effects.
Analysis of adsorbent for mycotoxins, aflatoxins (this improves the physical characteristic of the food, greater tolerance to the incorporation of raw materials, healthier ingredients of the food).

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