Mycotoxins Technical Articles
Article published the August 20, 2021:
IntroductionThe poultry industry in Nigeria is an essential subsector of agriculture that provides food, employment, and other economic resources for the country (Ezekiel et al. 2012a). Livestock production can...
Article published the August 18, 2021:
1. IntroductionMycotoxins are harmful secondary metabolites produced by fungi that contaminate a wide range of food and feed products [1–3]. Depending on the frequency of occurrence and/or the severity of...
Article published the July 26, 2021:
1. IntroductionFungi are the second largest group of eukaryotes that play a significant role in human health. The widespread prevalence of fungi in the environment and food chain makes them hazardous for humans...
Article published the July 13, 2021:
The identification of mild to moderate gizzard erosions (GE) in more than 20- 30% of the healthy commercial broilers examined in post mortem sessions, is commonly found in several countries in the Americas and ...
Article published the July 12, 2021:
1. IntroductionAvena sativa, commonly known as oats, is a cereal belonging to the Poaceae grass family that has traditionally been used as animal feed, particularly for horses and dairy cows. In recent years, t...
Article published the July 12, 2021:
IntroductionMycotoxins are a group of chemicals produced by fungi which exert a toxic effect on animals and humans (Bennett and Klich 2003). For that reason, different efforts have been put forward to reduce hu...
Article published the July 6, 2021:
Introduction
Aflatoxins (AF) are a major concern in poultry production and public health because of serious economic losses and health problems. AF contamination causes reduced feed quality and reduced animal ...
Article published the June 30, 2021:
1. IntroductionBreeding for Fusarium head blight (FHB) resistance is the most effective means of providing useful protection of wheat [1,2]. It is well known that resistance to Fusarium graminearum and Fusarium...
Article published the June 30, 2021:
INTRODUCTIONAs a fungal secondary metabolite of the Aspergillus species, aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is known to be the most toxigenic mycotoxin (Yunus et al., 2011). Feed contamination with AFB1 has been a major feed ...
Article published the June 10, 2021:
1. IntroductionMixing of isolates is a general methodical procedure used to produce inoculum for artificial inoculation. In most cases, no reason is given as to why it is used. It is known that the isolates of ...