Mycotoxins Technical Articles
Article published the October 16, 2018:
The final days of the corn crop season in US brings unusual weather patterns as it has throughout the growing season. While a good portion of the production area faced long dry periods, such as in KS, MO, IA, A...
Article published the October 4, 2018:
Introduction
Brazilian banana farming stands out among the five largest in the world with an approximate production of 6.8 million tonnes in 464.5 thousand planted hectares (IBGE, 2016). Currently, the Brazi...
Article published the September 27, 2018:
In 2010, Kenyan authorities reported that 2.3 million bags of corn harvested in that country had been contaminated with fungal poisons known as aflatoxins.1 These toxins—which include aflatoxin B1, t...
Article published the September 20, 2018:
Introduction
Maize is an important staple food in most countries in Africa including West Africa (Shiferaw et al., 2011) where infants being weaned off mothers’ milk rely mostly on maize flour for nutrit...
Article published the September 14, 2018:
Introduction
The Brazilian production of chicken meat has increased considerably and the country is now the world's third largest producer and leader in exports (RODRIGUES et al., 2014). The growing demand for...
Article published the September 11, 2018:
Welcome to the September Nutriad Weather and Mycotoxins report.
As we are approaching the final days of the corn crop 2018 we keep facing weather challenges in most of the production areas across the country.
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Article published the August 30, 2018:
All feeds (raw material and finished products) are suitable media for growth of a wide variety of moulds, provided moisture and temperature requirements are met. The moulds in feed may cause problems in two way...
Article published the August 23, 2018:
1 Introduction
The Fusarium genera include a diverse group of phytopathogenic fungi that are dispersed around the world. Inside this genera are several species that are able to produce mycotoxins, including Fu...
Article published the August 21, 2018:
Reports around the country are indicating an average of 70% of corn between good and excellent conditions.
A very dry month of July in parts of the Midwest and Southern Plains could have a negative impact on y...
Article published the August 8, 2018:
The control of mycotoxins should be focused within a program that is usually called “Integrated Control”. This supposes apply some preventive measures at all stages of food production in question. T...