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1. Introduction Commercial mixed feeds are a basic element in modern animal production. They contain mixtures of home grown cereals and imported commodities among other ingredients. The use of such ingredients inevitably leads to the contamination of the final mixed feed with fungi [1]. Mycotoxins are fungal secondary metabolites associated with severe toxic effects to vertebrates and produced by important phytopathogenic spoilage fungi including Aspergillus ,...
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Introduction Ergot alkaloids (EA) are a group of compounds produced primarily by fungi of the Claviceps and Epichloë spp. Ergot infection has traditionally been associated with grasses and rye, however when conditions are favourable, other important cereals such as wheat, barley, triticale and oats can become infected. The fungus prefers cool, moist conditions during the flowering phase of the host plant and there is evidence that the incidence is increasing. For example, in a...
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In scientific publications in the 1980s – 1990s you can find information about a spreading of mycotoxins. But since that time cultivars and agricultural technology have changed, methods of grain storage and grain processing have improved due to the overal progress. Between January 2009 and December 2011 Austrian researchers selected 7049 samples of grain on different continents. The samples were analyzed for the occurrence of aflatoxins (AFB), zearalenone (ZEN), deoxynivalenol (DON),...
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Fernando Tamames (Special Nutrients) and Edgar G. Rule (Agrimate) speak about the benefits of using proven mycotoxins binders in The Philippines...
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Lanny Smith, Global Sales Manager at VICAM, speaks about Glyphosate-V, the world's first fully quantitative lateral flow strip test for the measurement of glyphosate in cereal grains and water samples. ...
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Introduction: Tail necrosis in neonatal piglets was reported in several conventional pig herds in Belgium. The primary cause remains unclear. Mycotoxins are frequently mentioned to be involved, although a causal relationship has not been established yet. This case-control study aimed to investigate the involvement of feed-mycotoxins on the prevalence of tail necrosis in neonatal piglets. Materials and Methods: Ten conventional pig herds with and ten...
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Introduction: Zearalenone (ZEA) is a mycotoxin with estrogenic effects, swine being the most sensitive animals, particularly gilts which develop vulvovaginitis and enlargement of mammary glands and the reproductive tract. The objective of this study was to evaluate the toxic effects in gilts that result after consuming 500 µg/kg of ZEA, and the ability of two commercial antimycotoxin agents to reduce the bioavailability of this toxin during a period of 35 days. The...
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Introduction: Fumonisins (FUM) are a group of mycotoxins mainly produced by Fusarium fungi. They represent a serious threat to swine production as this livestock species is the most sensitive to FUM. They have multiple effects in swine; best described is the impact on pulmonary edema diseases. The aim of the study was to evaluate the negative impact of 50 ppm fumonisins on piglet health and to evaluate a mycotoxin counteracting additive (containing fumonisin...
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Introduction: Mycotoxins are a large family of toxic fungal metabolites which occur worldwide in various cereals and other feed commodities. During the whole chain from field to feeding, mycotoxins can be produced by molds in plant material. There are numerous mycotoxins which are very toxic to farm animals and may cause different diseases. Therefore they are responsible for reducing animal production. Materials and Methods: To test the occurrence of multiple...
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Introduction: Mycotoxins are a group of structurally diverse secondary metabolites of fungi that can result in health problems in animals and severe economic losses. Pigs are naturally exposed to mycotoxins due to the high inclusion of cereals and by-products in their diets. Based on recent surveys, 70% of worldwide feed and feed raw materials are positive for at least one mycotoxin and 40% are found to be co-contaminated. Co-occurrence of mycotoxins is thus the norm and not the...
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Introduction: Because of natural occurrence of mycotoxins in the finished food and grains used for the formulation of rations of various species, mycotoxicosis is considered a critical problem in swine feed production. Facing the difficulty of detection of mycotoxins in the finished food or raw material, it is important to increase the sampling frequency, because the effect of the mycotoxins is cumulative as the consumption of contaminated grains or contaminated food to...
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Among mycotoxins, deoxynivalenol (DON), is one of the most prevalent and occurs worldwide in feed. Virginie Marquis, Toxicology R&D Manager at Phileo by Lesaffre, speaks about how to reduce the risk of DON for health of the livestock
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Waters Corporation introduces Glyphosate-V, the world’s first lateral flow strip test for fully quantitative detection of Glyphosate in grains and water samples
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1. Introduction Fusarium graminearum (teleomorph: Gibberella zeae ) is a pathogen of maize, wheat, rice, and barley responsible for the disease known as Fusarium head blight (FHB) and mycotoxin contamination [1,2]. FHB destroys the grain starch and protein and was responsible for losses of over $2.7 billion in the United States between 1998 and 2000 [2]. The mold’s most common mycotoxins are nivalenol (NIV) and deoxynivalenol (DON) [3], usually...
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1. INTRODUCTION Mycotoxins, toxins produced by fungi on various food and feed products such as cereals and nuts, present a worldwide food and feed safety concern, which can lead to several health problems in humans and animals, as well as major economic losses for farmers, the industry, and society (Marin, Ramos, Cano-Sancho, & Sanchis, 2013). The Food and Agriculture Organization estimated that approximately one quarter of all cereal products worldwide are contaminated...
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1. Introduction Deoxynivalenol (DON) is a secondary toxic metabolite mainly produced by Fusarium species that belongs to the trichothecenes family. DON frequently occurs in cereals, including wheat, maize, barley, rye and oats [1]. A 10-year survey from 2008 to 2017 of the global mycotoxin occurrence in feed revealed that DON was the most prevalent of mycotoxins and was detected in 64% of 74,821 samples collected from 100 countries [2]. Therefore, DON is considered to be...
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Finding solutions for the food safety challenges of tomorrow is what keeps our scientific team asking questions about the industry's needs and listening for those key details that will enable us to design products that support food and feed safety both now and in the future. We are proud to serve global food and agriculture....
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1 INTRODUCTION Camel is a domesticated animal, which is an important resource of food in many countries of the world including the Middle East. The health benefits of camel milk are associated with its antimicrobial (Abdel-Hamid et al., 2016), dislipedemic (Mohammaddin et al., 2018), antidiabetic (Fallah et al., 2020), and anticancer (Abrhaley & Leta, 2018) properties, and its richness of minerals and vitamins (Swelum et al., 2021). Mycotoxins, the metabolites of some...
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Interested in learning more about what drives VICAM innovation? Dr. Lingyun Chen, VICAM's Director of R&D, shares about the unique requirements for food and agricultural producers and processors to accurately detect mycotoxins outside of the traditional laboratory environment....
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