Occurrence and significance of mycotoxins in forage crops and silage: a review

✍ Scribed by Scudamore, Keith A; Livesey, Christopher T

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 239 KB
• Volume: 77
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-5142
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0010(199805)77:1<1::aid-jsfa9>3.0.co;2-4

✦ Synopsis

Study of mycotoxins in animal feeding stu †s has concentrated on the occurrence of aÑatoxins and, to a lesser extent, other mycotoxins in cereals, raw materials and concentrate feeds. However, ruminant diets contain a high proportion of forage crops such as grass or maize silage, hay and straw. Under adverse growing, production or storage conditions, fungal spoilage is likely to occur with some degree of mycotoxin contamination. The mould Ñora of forage crops is likely to di †er signiÐcantly from that of cereals and mycotoxin contamination, should it occur, could di †er qualitatively and quantitatively. Information relating to forage crops as a potential source of mycotoxins is reviewed. Some Ðeld incidents and animal disease which may be mycotoxin related are discussed and analytical methods are reviewed. Information on dose and e †ect of candidate mycotoxins is given where available. The review suggests areas which the authors consider merit further study.