Mycotoxins Technical Articles
Article published the January 6, 2020:
Mycotoxins are a group of structurally diverse secondary metabolites of fungi that occur as contaminants of grains worldwide. Aspergillus, Alternaria, Claviceps, Fusarium and Penicillium species of fungi are ub...
Article published the January 2, 2020:
A number of cereals and other crops that are incorporated into the human and animal feed are susceptible to fungal attack and mycotoxin production, either in the field (before and after harvest) or during stora...
Article published the January 2, 2020:
Introduction
In southern Brazil, crop-livestock integration (CLI) is an alternative to the rotation system, which uses winter grains in succession to summer crops and allows for more efficient use of the soil....
Article published the December 30, 2019:
The family of ochratoxins consists of three members known as ochratoxin A, ochratoxin B and ochratoxin C. They are the second major group of mycotoxins to be characterized after the discovery of aflatoxins. Str...
Article published the December 30, 2019:
1. Introduction
Mycotoxins are found worldwide as natural contaminants or co-contaminants of feed and feedstuffs (Katole et al., 2013). The toxicity of mycotoxins i.e. mycotoxicosis, is characterized by its ne...
Article published the December 23, 2019:
INTRODUCTION
Many mycotoxins can cause serious health problems in poultry and their presence in feedstuffs may result in a serious economic losses. Aflatoxins belong to a group of mycotoxins produced as secon...
Article published the December 23, 2019:
1. Introduction
Mycotoxins are found world-wide as natural contaminants of feed and feedstuffs (Katole et al., 2013). The toxicity of mycotoxins i.e. mycoxicosis, is characterized by their nephrotoxic, immunos...
Article published the December 20, 2019:
Abstract
To evaluate the ameliorative impact of mannan oligosaccharide (MOS) and sodium butyrate (NaB) during combined aflatoxicosis and ochratoxicosis on production performance and immunity, day-old broiler c...
Article published the December 20, 2019:
The term “mycotoxins” defines secondary fungal metabolites that cause biochemical, physiologic, and/or pathologic changes&nb...
Article published the December 17, 2019:
INTRODUCTION
Presence of mycotoxins in feed is one of the major constraints in maintaining feed quality because the mycotoxins are widely present in feedstuffs around the world and may affect production even i...