Mycotoxins Technical Articles
Article published the December 28, 2017:
1. Introduction
Aflatoxins are secondary metabolites produced by fungi of the genus Aspergillus, mainly by species A. flavus, A. parasiticus and A. nomius. These fungi naturally grow in food products and are a...
Article published the December 14, 2017:
Article published the December 6, 2017:
Background
Soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merrill) is a major world crop and is the second most cultivated crop in the U.S.A. following maize. Soybean production contributes billions of dollars annually to the nati...
Article published the December 1, 2017:
INTRODUCTION
In the winter of 1959, the British cargo ship Rosetti, unloaded a shipment of peanut meal from Brazil to England, which was utilized as a protein supplement in the diets of poultry and other domes...
Article published the November 27, 2017:
Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by filamentous fungi that cause a toxic response (mycotoxicosis) when ingested by farm and companion animals. Fusarium, Aspergillus, and Penicillium are the most ab...
Article published the November 23, 2017:
1. Introduction
Fusarium head blight (FHB) is an economically devastating disease of wheat and other small grains [1]-[4]. The quality and yield loss might be significant, but the losses caused by toxins are e...
Article published the November 16, 2017:
1. Introduction
The maize ethanol industry continues to grow steadily in the United States, keeping in step with federal government directives for the inclusion of renewable fuels in the U.S. fuel supply. The ...
Article published the October 24, 2017:
Mycotoxins are toxic, secondary metabolites of low molecular weight produced by naturally occurring fungi. The determination of which of the many known mycotoxins are significant can be based on their frequency...
Article published the October 19, 2017:
Introduction
Livestock in countries, especially developing countries, is vital to livelihood of people and to the economy. In the developing world, livestock species often represent a sole asset base for sm...
Article published the October 18, 2017:
In the first half of 2017, Life Rainbow mycotoxin analysis lab randomly collected 237 feed samples from feed mills of large and medium size in Taiwan. By using the ELISA Mycotoxin analysis kit (Romer Labs®)...