Ruminant Mycotoxicosis: An Update.
Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract
; 36(3): 745-774, 2020 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-33032704
ABSTRACT
This review focuses on factors associated with mold production in feedstuffs and major mycotoxins affecting ruminants in North America. Ruminants are often considered less sensitive to mycotoxins owing to rumen microflora metabolism to less toxic compounds. However, ruminants occupy wide agricultural niches that expose animals to diverse toxins under widely different environmental and nutritional conditions. Often the moldy and potentially highly contaminated feeds end up at feedlots. Less than optimal feedstuffs creating suboptimal rumen microbial flora could result in decreased ruminal capacity to detoxify certain mycotoxins and adverse effects. Numerous mycotoxins and clinical effects in ruminants are discussed.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Plant Diseases
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Ruminants
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Mycotoxicosis
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Crops, Agricultural
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Mycotoxins
Limits:
Animals
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract
Journal subject:
MEDICINA VETERINARIA
Year:
2020
Type:
Article