Mycotoxins in Feedstuffs

Download or read book Mycotoxins in Feedstuffs written by Martin Weidenbörner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-04-03 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term Mycotoxin literally means poison from fungi. Mycotoxins are substances produced from fungal secondary metabolic processes, which impair animal health thereby causing great economic losses of livestock through disease. This book gives an overview of mycotoxins in feedstuff and ingredients. It lists the degree of contamination, concentration and country of origin/detection for each case of mycotoxin contamination. In addition, the book shows whether a feedstuff/ingredient is predisposed for a mycotoxin contamination, detailing the number of mycotoxins as well as number of citations concerning one feedstuff.