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INTRODUCTION Aflatoxin Testing in Changing Times: The Context at a Glance As toxic contaminants of very high concern, aflatoxins stand out as a key area of focus in today’s food safety testing arena. The issues surrounding the rising importance of accurate, defensible aflatoxin test results are numerous and complex. Chief among them are a growing public awareness of the health and economic implications of foodborne toxins, the increasing...
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Mycotoxins can actually compromise gut’s microbiota and its chemical, physical and immunological barrier. Hear what Dr. Peter Surai has to say about it...
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Multi-mycotoxins contamination exposes ruminant livestock to health and performance issue
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Haitham Yakout from Adisseo North America speaks about the mode of action of a mycotoxin deactivator solution based on mineral clays, deactivated yeast, botanicals, antioxidants, and its benefits on gut permeability, salmonella prevalence, redox status, and inflammation in broilers
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VICAM's Afla-V ONE introduces a NEW approach to aflatoxin detection and management for animal feed and pet food producers worldwide. Obtain fast, actionable results in just minutes, while improving safety and sustainability in the testing and manufacturing environment. Explore the future of aflatoxin detection, today.
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Afla-V ONE is the world's FIRST lateral flow strip test capable of measuring total aflatoxins in mixed feeds and pet foods using a universal, barcode based calibration. Once calibrated, the Vertu TOUCH reader stores calibration details for future sample analysis, eliminating common bottlenecks such as excessive pipetting, rinsing and waiting!...
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1. Introduction Mycelial size is widely regarded as the “golden standard” for mold growth studies [1], regardless of if they are based on radius, diameter, perimeter, or area. However, this approach has some drawbacks: (1) molds do not stop growing if conditions allow; (2) the size does not tell much about the metabolism, especially in the field; (3) in closed systems, the growth in size is limited by the container and the mold takes its shape; (4) the growth in size...
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In the first half of 2022, Life Rainbow mycotoxin analysis lab collected 161 feed samples of raw materials and feed mills in farms and analyzed. The survey provides essential information on the feed pollution situation of aflatoxins (B1, B2, G1, and G2), zearalenone, fumonisins (B1, B2, and B3) and deoxynivalenol (DON) in Taiwan. All the samples were analyzed using ELISA mycotoxin analysis kit. Results: The results show that 88.8% of feed was contaminated with aflatoxins;...
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INTRODUCTION Antimycotoxins additives (AMAs) are among the multiple approaches used to detoxify aflatoxin-contaminated feedstuffs (OGUZ, 2012). Not all commercially available AMAs have proven efficacy, which should be based on in vitro and in vivo findings (BRASIL, 2006; MALLMANN et al., 2007). Most in vitro studies employ artificial biological fluids or other models mimicking the animal’s gastrointestinal tract (GIT) (AVANTAGGIATO et al., 2003, 2007). Nonetheless,...
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Multi-mycotoxins contamination exposes ruminant livestock to health and performance issue
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Evaluating the effect of a mycotoxin-deactivator can be quite challenging. How should we choose between in vitro and in vivo?...
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Afla-V™ ONE offers the world’s first lateral flow strip test capable of measuring total aflatoxins (B1, B2, G1 & G2) in complete feeds and pet foods.
Using a simple, barcode-based universal calibration, Afla-V™ delivers numeric results in minutes while improving safety and sustainability for field, process and laboratory testing environments.
Afla-V ONE eliminates toxin-dependent calibration completely, reduces time to result...
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Hear what Dr. Hilde Van Meirhaeghe, Poultry Consultant at Vetworks, Belgium, has to say about it...
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I. INTRODUCTION Mycotoxin-contaminated feeds are frequently reported to be more toxic for animals than their purified forms, indicating possible interactions with each other or with the micro-organisms in the animal’s gastrointestinal tract (JECFA, 2002) as bacteria (Galarza-Seeber et al, 2016). The gastrointestinal tract is the largest immune organ, where several immuno-regulatory mechanisms simultaneously defend the body (Belkaid & Hand, 2014). Yet, it is also home...
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INTRODUCTION Mycotoxins are secondary metabolic products of fungi with toxigenic effects in other living species. Worldwide, about 88% of animal feed and feedstuffs are contaminated with at least one mycotoxin [1]. Fusarium toxins are the most prevalent, where deoxynivalenol ranks at first with 64% of occurrence, followed by fumonisins and zearalenone [1]. In pigs chronically fed deoxynivalenol contaminated diets, it is observed increased expression of interleukin 8 and...
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It is not the Mycotoxins that replicate themselves or form themselves, but the various fungi or Mycelium which produce them. It is the fungi that require the conducive environment to produce mycotoxins and various fungi produce peculiar, or multiple Mycotoxins that range from Aflatoxin to Fuminoxin, DON and Zearalenone, etc. The conducive factors for these fungi must include appropriate substrate like corn, soy, groundnut, wheat, etc on which they require to grow. Water content in the...
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INTRODUCTION Coffee is one of the most appreciated and consumed beverages in the world (1); however, in its various states, it is susceptible to present a risk of contamination by mycotoxins (2). Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by filamentous fungi that are present in agricultural products due to inadequate food handling and poor storage methods (3,4). Several toxigenic fungi such as Fusarium spp., Aspergillus spp., and Ochratoxigenic species have been found in...
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Mycotoxins are well known for causing reproductive issues in sows and boars, what about in poultry breeders? Hear what Dr. Hilde Van Meirhaeghe, Poultry Consultant at Vetworks, Belgium, has to say about it...
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Siska Croubels (Ghent University) speaks on the negative impact of mycotoxins and the different and complementary solutions that are needed to fight it, during IPVS2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
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Ruminants have a unique digestive physiology characterized by a pre-systemic fermentation and digestion of plant constituents such as cellulose by microorganisms comprising the ruminal flora. This particularity requires...
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Nancy Collette and Emma Myers from VICAM's technical services team demonstrate Afla-V ONE lateral flow strip test capabilities for total aflatoxin testing in complete feeds.
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What are the key facts that should be recalled regarding mycotoxin binding? Answered by Dr. Vito D'Ascanio...
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