The Effects of Emerging Mycotoxins in Livestock

GLOBAL - A recap of unregulated fungal metabolites that should be on the protein industry’s radar.

10 January 2017

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A while back we looked at the toxicity and occurrence of emerging and masked mycotoxins in feed materials and showed that they commonly occur in feedstuffs.

In September 2016, a new scientific paper (Gruber-Dorninger et al) from the BIOMIN Research Center, in cooperation with of IFA Tulln, summarized the current understanding regarding less well-understood mycotoxins that are not currently subject to regulation, and whether there’s cause for concern in food-producing animals.