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Mycotoxins: a simple explanation for a complex topic (II)
The basics about FusariotoxinsPig feed plays a key-role in maximizing the animal’s genetic potential, representing 60 to 80% of total production cost. There are many sub...
Author: DI Inês Rodrigues, Product Manager Mycofix® Product Line - BIOMIN GmbH
Publication date: 08/28/2008    Rating:    Views: 1959

Mycotoxins: a simple explanation for a complex topic (I)
Mycotoxins’ impact on swine performanceIn countries where livestock breeding, namely pigs, play an important role and where the animal potential is stretched to its limi...
Author: DI Inês Rodrigues, Product Manager Mycofix® Product Line - BIOMIN GmbH
Publication date: 08/22/2008    Rating:    Views: 1654

Mycotoxins in dairy cows: a menace to cows, farmers and consumers!
The primary objective of dairy farmers is to optimize milk production and remain profitable over the long term. This isn’t simple given the volatility of the feed markets, milk prices, changing con...
Author: Inês Rodrigues, Product Manager (Mycofix® Plus product line) - Biomin GmbH
Publication date: 08/19/2008    Rating:    Views: 3186

Fumonisins - Mycotoxins of increasing importance!
Fumonisins are a group of recently discovered mycotoxins which belong to the family of Fusarium toxins. The contamination of feedstuffs with mycotoxins poses a serious threat to the health and productivity of a...
Author: DI Karin Griessler, Technical Manager - BIOMIN GmbH (Austria)
Publication date: 08/12/2008    Rating:    Views: 2447

Aflatoxin M1 in Milk, Milk Powder and Cheese
Aflatoxins are toxic metabolites produced by a variety of molds such as Aspergillus flavus  and Aspergillus parasiticus. They are carcinogenic and can be present in grains, nuts, cottonseed and other commo...
Author: Christine Thornton - Helica Biosystems, Inc.
Publication date: 08/08/2008    Rating:    Views: 1526

Fumonisin, Vomitoxin, and Other Mycotoxins in Corn Produced by Fusarium Fungi
Certain Fusarium fungi are capable of causing a variety of diseases in corn, including seedling disease, stalk rots, and ear rots. In addition to their direct effect on corn yields, Fusarium fungi sometimes pro...
Author: Paul Vincelli (Extension Plant Pathologist), and Gary Parker (Extension Swine Specialist) - Ke...
Publication date: 07/24/2008    Rating:    Views: 2231

The Fumonisins and their Deleterious Effects in Swine Production

Author: Alberto Gimeno - Technical Consultant in Mycology and Feeding Mycotoxicology
Publication date: 07/07/2008    Rating:    Views: 1278

Can we feed mycotoxin contaminated feed to pigs?
Deoxynivalenol (DON) is a mycotoxin produced by fungi which may contaminate cereal grains, including barley and wheat. The contamination is especially problematic when wet, warm conditions prevail during the gr...
Author: A.D. Beaulieu, J.F. Patience and D. Gillis - Prairie Swine Centre Inc. (Saskatoon, Canada)
Publication date: 07/02/2008    Rating:    Views: 1084

Thirty Years (1978 - 2008) of Mycotoxins Research at Faculty of Agriculture, Almansoura University, Egypt
This review article illustrates the efforts which were done throughout thirty years in the field of mycotoxins; whether for developing the detection methods of some mycotoxins, natural occurrence of these mycot...
Author: A. M. Abdelhamid - Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University
Publication date: 06/06/2008    Rating:    Views: 859

Mycotoxins in Feed Grains and Ingredients
Grain infected by mold may contain toxic fungal metabolites called mycotoxins. The word mycotoxin was derived from mycotoxicosis, which was a term first used in 1955 to describe diseases of animals caused by fu...
Author: Tim Herrman and Dionisia Trigo-Stockli, Extension State Leader, Grain Science and Industry - K...
Publication date: 06/03/2008    Rating:    Views: 921