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Monday, November 22, 2021
Kemin Industries launches TOXFIN CARE All-in-One Protection against mycotoxins in feed
Kemin Industries has launched a new solution in Europe, TOXFIN® CARE, that focuses on preventing loss in performance and productivity by safeguarding animal organs and tissue from potential damage caused by mycotoxins.
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
BIOMIN publishes compendium on mycotoxin linked to reproductive issues in animals
BIOMIN has recently published a book detailing the latest scientific knowledge about zearalenone, a mycotoxin that is commonly found in feed materials and associated with reproductive challenges in animals, the company announced this month.
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
BIOMIN publishes compendium on mycotoxin linked to reproductive issues in animals
BIOMIN has recently published a book detailing the latest scientific knowledge about zearalenone, a mycotoxin that is commonly found in feed materials and associated with reproductive challenges in animals, the company announced this month.
Thursday, June 24, 2021
Mycotoxins transmission from sows to piglets
The presence of mycotoxins in food and feed is practically unavoidable due to their ubiquitous presence and stability. As swine is considered a very sensitive specie to mycotoxicosis; the dietary exposure to mycotoxins has adverse effects o ...
Friday, May 21, 2021
Gut health and mycotoxins - What do we know so far
The gastrointestinal tract represents the first barrier against ingested chemicals, feed contaminants and natural toxins. Following ingestion of mycotoxin-contaminated feed, intestinal epithelial cells can be exposed to high concentrations ...
Friday, May 21, 2021
Perspectives on global mycotoxin issues and management from the MycoKey Maize Working Group
Our perception of the role of mycotoxins in food and feed safety has evolved continuously since the 1960s when mycotoxins were first explicitly recognized. Hundreds of toxic fungal metabolites now have been described and many of them occur ...
Friday, May 14, 2021
Mycotoxins in poultry: A hidden factor affecting flock health
The immune system is constantly under siege by different stressors. Stress, whether from disease or environmental factors, plays a critical role in the overall health and well-being of poultry flocks. Environmental stressors, such as poor f ...
Friday, May 7, 2021
Recognising the warning signs of mycotoxins in pigs
Produced by filamentous fungi (moulds) that are ever-present in nature, under the right conditions, mycotoxins have the potential to proliferate and contaminate almost all feedstuffs used in pig production. Mycotoxins are not unique to spec ...
Friday, May 7, 2021
Efficacy of mycotoxin detoxifiers on health and growth of newly-weaned pigs under chronic dietary challenge of deoxynivalenol
Mycotoxin detoxifiers could partially overcome deoxynivalenol toxicity enhancing liver health, whereas CYE and CYB reduced oxidative stress, and CYC and CYB reduced immune activation. In conclusion, yeast-based detoxifiers with functional c ...
Friday, May 7, 2021
T-2 mycotoxin toxicological effects and decontamination strategies
Mycotoxins are highly diverse secondary metabolites produced in nature by a wide variety of fungus which causes food contamination, resulting in mycotoxicosis in animals and humans. In particular, trichothecenes mycotoxin produced by genus ...
Monday, April 26, 2021
3D approach to mycotoxin risk management in livestock and poultry
Livestock and poultry feeds and its raw materials are susceptible to fungal/mold colonization. Major plant-based animal feed raw materials around the world include maize, wheat, broken rice, millets, soybean meal, sunflower meal, rapeseed m ...
Monday, April 26, 2021
Possibilities for the biological control of mycotoxins in food and feed
Seeking useful biological agents for mycotoxin detoxification has achieved success in the last twenty years thanks to the participation of many multidisciplinary teams. We have recently witnessed discoveries in the fields of bacterial genet ...
Monday, April 26, 2021
Decontamination of mycotoxin-contaminated feedstuffs and compound feed
Mycotoxins are known worldwide as fungus-produced toxins that adulterate a wide heterogeneity of raw feed ingredients and final products. Consumption of mycotoxins-contaminated feed causes a plethora of harmful responses from acute toxicity ...
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Tenuazonic acid most frequent mycotoxin detected in Asian livestock blood
Fusarium and Aspergillus mycotoxins are often considered the most common and critical mycotoxins in grains and feed. However, Alternaria fungi, where the most predominant is A. alternata, have also a large presence in wheat, sorghum and bar ...
Monday, April 12, 2021
Modelling the feed intake response of growing pigs to diets contaminated with mycotoxins
Quantifying robustness of farm animals is essential before it can be implemented in breeding and management strategies. A generic modelling and data analysis procedure was developed to quantify the feed intake response of growing pigs to pe ...

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