Re: Article - Achieving mold growth control

This is a good summary of an important topic - organized and pertinent. I would suggest and request that the references supporting the information and recommedations be made available to interested persons in order to better document the material.

If possible, I would appreciate a copy of the references used to support this article.

Thanks,
Gary Osweiler

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Re: Article - Achieving mold growth control

I also agreed with dr. who require referrence support

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Re: Article - Achieving mold growth control

A good article with detail and precise information for control of molds.

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It is definetely a good article, with interesting information. I would also appreciate a copy of the refferences quoted in the article.

Thank you in advance.
Katerina Blagoevska

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The era of moldy food or feed toxicoses dates from 1711 when the role of the fungusClaviceps purpurea in the formation of the poisonous ergot grains on rye was established. Since that time numerous toxic incidents have been related to ingestion of moldy food or feed. The thrust of the research through this period was to isolate and identify the responsible mold(s). We are now well into the mycotoxin era, which dates from 1962 with the isolation and characterization of the aflatoxins. The absence of viable mold in the toxic peanut meal that sparked this era provides a suitable back for the current research activity with isolated, well identified toxins of mold origin. We now have identified toxins with no obvious disease relationship. This brings us to the third era, the era of multiple challenges just getting under way. Since some of the first era toxicoses cannot be explained on the basis of the isolated toxins alone, we are beginning to realize that multiple factors may be involved.

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Most farm animals consume pasture crops [Grazing land], either by grazing on the living pasture or by consuming the crops as [hay or silage (FOOD)]. The crops can be colonized by moulds throughout this period, the development of the moulds and the production of fungi being dependent on the prevailing ecosystem. Growing crops present a variety of micro-environments. For example, the uppermost leaves of a plant will be subjected to extreme fluctuations of temperature and relative humidity, whereas those leaves towards the base of the plant will present a more shaded, moderate, humid environment the surface texture of the leaf will also effect the micro-environment.
The successful management of interacting commodity systems (commodity management) requires the co-ordinate inputs of an interdisciplinary team, where the potential advantages arising from the dynamics of the team are realized by fully exploiting the interactions between the skills, disciplines and backgrounds of the individual team members. The team will have the skills required to enable it to operate across commodity systems, identifying those factors, which are compromising the quality of the products, and introducing appropriate interventions.

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Animal health is a very important issue to maintain productivity of the animals and mold affected feed is one of the big reasons for lowering productivity of the animal therefore this is a good article in creating awareness in this field.
Pl keep up

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A good article! Activities of molds in compound feed and their prevention discussed is interesting.

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It is a good and useful article, but it will be better if you can quote the references to support the the fact and figure stated.

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