Prevalent Mycotoxins in Animal Feed: Occurrence and Analytical Methods

• Type: Another Publication in an International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2019

Authors

Pereira, CS (Author) Other; Cunha, SC (Author) Other; Fernandes, JO (Author) FFUP

Journal

Title: Toxins

Vol. 11

Final page: 290

ISSN: 2072-6651

Publisher: MDPI

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 4 Citations

Scopus - 46 Citations

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00Q-PMQ

DOI: 10.3390/toxins11050290

Abstract (EN): Today, we have been witnessing a steady tendency in the increase of global demand for maize, wheat, soybeans, and their products due to the steady growth and strengthening of the livestock industry. Thus, animal feed safety has gradually become more important, with mycotoxins representing one of the most significant hazards. Mycotoxins comprise different classes of secondary metabolites of molds. With regard to animal feed, aflatoxins, fumonisins, ochratoxins, trichothecenes, and zearalenone are the more prevalent ones. In this review, several constraints posed by these contaminants at economical and commercial levels will be discussed, along with the legislation established in the European Union to restrict mycotoxins levels in animal feed. In addition, the occurrence of legislated mycotoxins in raw materials and their by-products for the feeds of interest, as well as in the feeds, will be reviewed. Finally, an overview of the different sample pretreatment and detection techniques reported for mycotoxin analysis will be presented, the main weaknesses of current methods will be highlighted.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 62