The global threat profile from mycotoxins in raw commodities and finished feeds is shifting significantly towards fumonisins, known to particularly affect corn and soy, according to detailed survey data from 2017.
A study has found that prevention strategies at the pre and post-harvest stages are the most effective ways of reducing mycotoxin load as, once they are present in feed ingredients, mycotoxins are hard to eliminate.
The prevalence of aflatoxins in feed crops around the globe makes the presence of this mycotoxin a particular concern, says Trouw Nutrition’s mycotoxin risk management team.
Biomin has found, in a year-on-year comparison of mycotoxin occurrence data, fumonisins are on the rise in North American corn, DON levels are elevated in European cereals, Asia faces a heightened risk of mycotoxins overall, and the risk level in South...
The co-contamination of feedstuffs with multiple mycotoxins is the rule and not the exception, according to the lead author on a new paper, published in Toxins.
Nutriad, in its analysis of wheat samples from the UK and Ireland this year, found notable deoxynivalenol (DON) contamination, at levels ten times higher than the maximum concentrations found for that mycotoxin in the 2015 survey.
Nutriad has developed a smartphone app to translate, in real time, the results of mycotoxin analyses into recommendations on proper dosage of mycotoxin deactivators.
EFSA has found the current Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI) of the mycotoxin, zearalenone, in food and feed should be maintained at the previous level of 0.25 µg/kg BW per day.
Biomin’s 2015 survey shows deoxynivalenol (DON) is the most prevalent mycotoxin for all regions except South America and Middle East, where fumonisins (FUM) pose the bigger threat to livestock production.
The 2015 Nutriad wheat mycotoxin survey concludes that this year’s harvest of wheat in the UK and Ireland is of very good quality in terms of mycotoxin contamination.
We ran a reader survey earlier this year to find out what the major headaches are for the feed sector - a majority of respondents reported the Russian sanctions as detrimental for business.
Brazilian researchers are looking for lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains able to adsorb or to degrade mycotoxins in the hunt for ingredients to alleviate the negative effects of the molds on animal health.
The number of samples testing positive for aflatoxins decreased from 30% in 2013 to 22% in 2014, though the average concentration nearly doubled from 33 ppb to 64 ppb, found Biomin’s latest report into the global mycotoxin threat.
The mycotoxins, DON and FUM, were found in over 50% of feed grains samples analyzed by Biomin in its latest survey of the prevalence of mycotoxins in cereals globally, with piglets at risk from the levels of DON concentrates found.
Complementary food for infants in developing countries, especially where corn is a staple food, should be protected against the mycotoxin fumonisin, according to an international team of scientists.
Two analytical methods to measure mycotoxins in infant food have been adopted as the European benchmark test by the region’s standard setting committee.
