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Fusarium infected corn

Guidelines for feeding mycotoxin-infected corn to swine

Published: April 8, 2008
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The optimum solution is to buy clean grain for swine and feed the contaminated grain to cattle. Feeder cattle should be able to safely consume levels five to 10 times higher than swine. If contaminated corn must be fed, the following table lists maximum levels in swine diets for vomitoxin and zearalenone. Age Group Vomitoxin (DON), ppm Zearalenone, ppm ...
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Dr. Karki Kedar
12 de mayo de 2008
Addition of toxin binder as top dressing or use of liquid toxinbinder in water may help to reduce toxicosis casualty. Dr. Kedar Karki Central Vet. Laboratory Kathmandu Nepal
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Ioannis Tsakmakidis
Veterinary Research Institute of Thessaloniki
17 de noviembre de 2008
Dear Dr, Thank you for this article. In my opinion, farmers informing and advising in forages storage condition is the main point. Dr Ioannis Tsakmakidis DVM PhD
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