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Livestock enterprises faces the maximum loss is owed to the contamination of animal feed ingredients and compounded feeds by moulds and its toxic metabolites known as mycotoxin. Some of the primary toxigenic moulds and mycotoxins are indicated as following:
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Brazil has become the world leader in how to approach the problem of mycotoxins and anti-mycotoxin additives (AAM) in a very efficient and practical way. The most important issue for the Brazilian government is to protect the consumer (feed plant and/or producer) from the large supply of anti-mycotoxin additives that in most cases offered solutions without any scientific support.
The Brazilian government recognized the problem and formed a committee of experts that develop the...
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On 13 May 2009, the European Commission published a new regulation in the Official Journal, opening a new functional group under Regulation (EC) 1831/2003 for feed additives acting on the reduction of the contamination of feed by mycotoxins. This first amendment to the new Feed Additive Regulation, put in place in 2003, is not only a milestone regarding innovation by the European Union for the feed additive business, but also an important step forward in the integrated fight against...
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Aflatoxin and ochratoxin A can be found in a wide variety of commodities including cereals, nuts, dried fruit, herbs, spices and coffee when such foods are stored under adverse conditions of temperature and humidity. Over the years legislation for mycotoxins in food has increased to incorporate additional matrices and toxins, resulting in an increased demand for faster and less labour intensive tests to allow more analyses to be performed in a shorter time period. This has placed pressure on...
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I would like to ask the experts (especially chemists) who have studied the chemical properties of trichothecenes: Does ammoniation have any effect on trichothecenes (T-2 toxin, DON, satratoxin etc.)? Can ammonia detoxify trichothecenes at least to some extent, or is ammonia completely inert when mixed with trichothecene mycotoxins (i.e. no chemical reaction)? I have reviewed the scientific literature and I cant find any information on this. Ammoniation is mentioned (and in some...
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VICAM DONCheck TM Test Kit Brings Grain and Feed Operations Deoxynivalenol (DON) Results in as Little as Three Minutes
VICAM , a Waters Company and a world leader in food safety diagnostics, announced the launch of its first-generation screening tool for Deoxynivalenol (DON) in wheat, corn and barley, and common staple ingredients used to produce animal feeds. The DONCheck TM ...
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Charm Sciences, Inc. has released the first lateral flow quantitative test for T-2 and HT-2 toxins.
For use in the grain industry, the new ROSA® (Rapid One Step Assay) follows the same format that other Charm Mycotoxin tests use, as follows: Add the sample extract to the ROSA T2-HT2 test trip, incubate and count in the ROSA-M reader. Results are available in two ranges: 0-250 ppb, and 0 -2.5 ppm.
The Charm ROSA T2-HT2 provides a long-sought tool to rapidly and...
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VICAM’s AflaCheck™ Strip Test and AflaTest® Single Filter aflatoxin test methods receive USDA-GIPSA Certification for use by Official Grain Inspection System. VICAM, a world leader in food safety diagnostics, today announced that USDA-GIPSA has awarded certification to two of their rapid diagnostic methods for aflatoxin detection: AflaCheck™ and AflaTest® Single Filter methods. AflaCheck™ utilizes a lateral flow strip test design for the rapid screening of aflatoxin at 20 parts...
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Breakthrough Multi-method Simultaneously Determines Multiple Mycotoxins in One Test Run VICAM today announced the launch of a next-generation multi-method for simultaneously determining multiple mycotoxins from a single sample extraction. The company’s new first-of-its-kind test kit merges cutting-edge analytic instruments with VICAM’s patented immunoaffinity technology to deliver multiple benefits to today’s analytic laboratories. The method...
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Risks of mycotoxins in forages as well as feed grains are set to be unusually high this winter according to independent industry reports, increasing the necessity for greater vigilance and protective action by livestock farmers. According to Alltech’s ruminant technical manager David Wilde, recent HGCA warnings of high fusarium mycotoxin development in cereal grains are mirrored by newly released information from Harper Adams University College that underlines the prevalence of some of...
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Introduction Mycotoxins are secondary products of fungal metabolism that may be produced in contaminated feeds during production and storage. These metabolites are generally associated with a group of ubiquitous fungi belonging to the Fusarium, Aspergillus, Penicillium and Claviceps species that grow on forages and grains in the field and during storage (Ledoux and Rottinghaus, 1999). It has been estimated that at least 300 fungal metabolites are potentially toxic for man and...
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VICAM’s AflaOchra™ HPLC method is first-ever testing protocol to meet AOAC® specifications for simultaneous detection of Aflatoxin and Ochratoxin A VICAM, a world leader in food safety diagnostics, today announced that the AOAC® International has awarded Official MethodSM First Action status to the protocol “Determination of Aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 and Ochratoxin A in Ginseng and Ginger by Multi-toxin Immunoaffinity Column Clean-up and...
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VICAM’s AflaOchra™ HPLC method is first-ever testing protocol to meet AOAC® specifications for simultaneous detection of Aflatoxin and Ochratoxin A VICAM, a world leader in food safety diagnostics, today announced that the AOAC® International has awarded Official MethodSM First Action status to the protocol “Determination of Aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 and Ochratoxin A in Ginseng and Ginger by Multi-toxin Immunoaffinity Column Clean-up and...
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Laboratory results under the field trial microscope. A major field trial initiated by Syngenta is testing European experience and laboratory results that show that fludioxonil-based cereal seed treatments can help reduce grain mycotoxin contamination. The trial - conducted by Harper Adams University College - seeks to confirm laboratory studies where fludioxonil kept plants free from seed sources of fusarium right through to ear formation. As a result, while...
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VISTAN-AGRO, an AGRANCO distributor in Russia was awarded the GOLD MEDAL under the category of FEEDS, emphasizing AGRABOND mycotoxin adsorbent as the most effective product in its category, with proven and documented results from trials in multiple regions of the Russian Federation. Gold and silver medals were awarded for each of the 6 categories of the Voronezh Agricultural Exhibition: Agricultural equipment, Crops, Livestock, Agro-chemistry, Veterinary medicine, and...
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With the potential threat of ear diseases and mycotoxins, growers should be making plans to apply a suitable T3 fungicide. Jazz is one of the few triazole fungicides with significant activity against a range of late season diseases including Fusarium species. Recent European studies have demonstrated its superior control of a wide range of Fusarium species, including F. graminearum and F. culmorum, the main mycotoxin-producing species in the UK and Ireland, claims Dr. David Stormonth, Technical...
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The European Union (EU) requires testing of all imported coffee for Ocharatoxin A. Helica Biosystems is proud to announce the availability of specific ELISA for Ochratoxin A in our proprietary “Low Matrix” format. Ochratoxin A is produced by the fungi, Aspergillus and Penicillium (including Aspergillus ochraceus ). Under a perfect storm of moisture and temperature conditions during storage and drying, it finds its way into green coffee beans....
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Engormix.com welcomes Helica Biosystems, Inc., a leading edge diagnostic test developer and manufacturer for animal health, food safety and life science research applications. Helica’s products and services are distinguished by their sophisticated use of technology in a cost-effective, simple to use format. They range from simple colorimetric testing tools to highly sophisticated, bundled products capable of handling large volume diagnostics on an economically advantageous basis....
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Natural mycotoxins still contaminate the world’s food supply and need sensitive and accurate assays to detect them. Many rapid assays on the market cannot accurately detect mycotoxins (aflatoxins, ochratoxin A, deoxynivalenol, etc.) in certain commodities due to interference from materials extracted with the toxin. The most widely used rapid assays employ a conventional ELISA immunoassay format which cannot detect aflatoxin in commercial silage in a simple assay format....
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Harvest is often the most stressful time for farmers, elevators and processors simply because of the volume of grain passing through their facilities. When mycotoxins are a concern, testing is needed prior to shipment or prior to usage for feed or food. VICAM recently introduced a product that is uniquely designed for rapid, low cost aflatoxin screening for any location that is interested in preventing the introduction of grain or peanuts with aflatoxin levels greater than 10 or 20ppb....
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Romer Labs® is pleased to announce that its AgraQuant® DON ELISA Test Kit for the detection of Deoxynivalenol (Vomitoxin) was recently granted Performance Tested Status by the AOAC Research Institute (AOAC-RI No. 110701). Additionally the USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) has verified the performance of the AgraQuant® DON Test Kit and approval was granted for official use at US National Grain Inspection Facilities (FGIS 2008-101). The...
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