What you cannot see in DDGS
Published: September 25, 2007
Source : Biomin GmbH
BIOMIN conducted a mycotoxin survey with 103 worldwide DDGS samples. The insights gained should be important for all players in the animal production industry.
The inclusion of DDGS – dried distillers grains with soluble, a by-product from bioethanol production – in animal diets has increased over the last few years.
Rising prices for feedstuffs and feeds worldwide have demanded the development of successful and economical sources of energy and proteins in animal diets. DDGS seems to gather these characteristics.
However, it should never be considered that the mycotoxin menace is eliminated by the fermentation processes occurring during bioethanol production.
Mycotoxins are the toxic compounds produced by fungi during the growth and storage of agricultural products.
Raw materials’ contamination in terms of mycotoxins is carried-over and even augmented during bioethanol production.
A DDGS survey has been initiated by BIOMIN. In this study 103 samples from all over the world were tested for the most important mycotoxins affecting livestock production.
99% of DDGS samples tested positive for at least one mycotoxin. 96% of these samples have shown a simultaneous contamination of 2 or more mycotoxins. Only one sample (wheat DDGS) out of 103, tested negative for the analyzed mycotoxins. The alert is out!
Author: DI Inês Rodrigues, Product Manager Mycofix® Product Line BIOMIN GmbH
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Mansoura University, Egypt
17 de octubre de 2007
It is important to know the % of positive samples, but it is more important to know the % of refusable samples according to the permissable level of the toxins, whether in single or compound infections.
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25 de septiembre de 2007
Do you have data on the amount/concentration of the mycotoxins detected in those samples?
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