Norbert Trattner

Jonathan RASTEL could you please explain what semi-activated means. This term is so far not common to me, so I am a bit confused. If the product is so good, have you handed in any EU-dossier in group M?

Pyrrolized vegetal carbon, is this activated charcoal? In this case, the risk for unspecific binding of vitamins is very high.

I would rather say that that the composition of vegetation (more herbs) plus an eventuual lack of energy can alter fatty acid compsition towards 18:3n-3. Also the amount of n-6 containing small grains and maize might lead to an elevated omega-3 content. The effect of herbs in the vegetation could alter rumen function but I think this is still quiet a black box. In this paper researcher saw a di ...

Regarding: "No commercial available setting is offering 380 mycotoxins for quantitative analysis." of course it is available. Biomin offers this service already since 2 years and the number of metabolites grew in the last years from ca. 270 to 380 toxins. It is not Alltech that invented a survey program as Biomin publishes since 2008 their mycotoxin survey with quarterly and annual reports. Many o ...

Thanks for your answer. You are right that the impact of mycotoxins was studies in many research projects but this studies were mostly performed with single od duel contaminations. Often high, artificial contmination was used to trigger a clinical effect in animals. To conclude from that on risk value expressed in figures is a be far-fetched. You mentioned by yourself that questions need to be a ...

Dr. Yannikouris, could you please comment on this topic as it would be interesting to see how you calculate the mycotoxin risk to give proper advice to customer. It would be important to see what folmular is behind your REQ-levels as they should be supported by scientific findings.

Interesting approach but I wonder on what scientific base Alltech is calculating these REQ-level? From my point of view it is absolutly impossible to give mycotoxins a multiplication-factor and add this up? How do you consider synergistic effects? From where you get factors for this? I guess if Alltech comes out with such a figure the explanation should be scientifically?

A questions, actually two. I do not really see information how the absorbtion of mycotoxins should work. Can somebody from Alltech explain the mode of action and which substances changed to get the eventually desired effects? Second, the group M registration in the EU will be the measurement in the future for product making claims on mycotoxins. What position has Alltech to this registration and w ...