Mycotoxins in Dairy Cattle Technical Articles
Article published the August 11, 2020:
Ruminants have a unique digestive physiology characterized by a pre-systemic fermentation and digestion of plant constituents such as cellulose by microorganisms comprising the ruminal flora. This particulari...
Article published the June 18, 2020:
1. Introduction
Bovine mycotoxicosis is a disorder most commonly caused by the ingestion of fungal toxins (mycotoxins) within feed. Though acute manifestations exist, bovine mycotoxicosis most frequently const...
Article published the April 28, 2020:
On the past two decades, diseases caused by food have been emerging as a major and growing public health and economic issue in many countries. Due to recent world crisis with some animal products,food safety is...
Article published the July 12, 2019:
INTRODUCTION
Mycotoxin contaminations pose growing problem in animal production from the economic and toxicological point of view (Marczuk et al., 2012). The adverse effects of mycotoxins manifest both on the ...
Article published the October 5, 2017:
Since mycotoxins were first identified in the 1960s, there has been an increased focus on contaminated feed due to global trading, increased monitoring and technology, changing agricultural practices, unexpecte...
Article published the August 17, 2017:
When addressing mycotoxin issues the fact that multiple ingredients make up a dairy cattle diet can be viewed both positively and negatively. Multiple feeds dilute the toxins from any given feed, resulting in a...
Article published the December 2, 2016:
1. Introduction
Mycotoxins are a class of low molecular weight compounds that are produced by toxigenic strains of moulds that infect food and feed commodities. They can cause serious animal health related pr...
Article published the April 29, 2016:
Pancosma & Associates released its annual mycotoxin survey, in partnership with Labocea, covering 1740 raw material and animal feed samples, evaluating the risk posed to livestock animals by 46 different my...
Article published the May 18, 2015:
The contamination of animal feed with mycotoxins is a worldwide problem in animal production. The complex diet of ruminants, consisting of forages, concentrates, and silages, can be a source of diverse mixtures...
Article published the March 27, 2015:
IntroductionThe FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, has estimated that as much as 25% of the world’s grain supply is affected by mycotoxins (CAST, 1989). The presence of myc...