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Maria Laura Gonzalez Pereyra
Microbiologist
Ph.D in Biological Sciences - Microbiologist - Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Argentina: Research in Mycology area - Analysis of molds and mycotoxins in animal feedstuffs: cereals, grains, silage, TMRs, pelletized feeds. HPLC mycotoxin analysis: Aflatoxins, fumonisins,...
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Article published the March 10, 2023
IntroductionMycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by fungi. They are unavoidable contaminants in foods and feeds, exerting harmful effects upon animal and human health39. The most important mycotoxins in naturally contaminated foods and feeds are aflatoxins (AFs), ochratoxins, zearalenone, T-2 toxin, deoxynivalenol and fumonisins7,32. Aflatoxin contaminated feeds are a severe threat ...
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Participation in Forum on August 22, 2012
Hello, I´d like to have the reference of the article or paper where the FDA states mycotoxin binders are not considered safe. Does this apply for yeast-based binders too, or only for inorganic binders? Could a S. cerevisiae-based binder be considered safe? Since S. cerevisiae is a GRAS (generally regarded as safe) microorganism. Thanks Laura
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Participation in Forum on October 14, 2009
the use of lactobacillus cultures as silage inoculants is a fact but, what about yeasts? yeasts are presente in high counts in every type of silage and they are often considered as unwanted microorganisms, but...could yeast strains such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae be helping in the acid procution, thus, helping in the manteinance of a low pH? wich would be the disadvantages of a yeast based inocul ...
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Location:Rio Cuarto, Cordoba, Argentina
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Professional Title: Microbiologist
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