MOLDY GRAINS, MYCOTOXINS AND FEEDING PROBLEMS


Introduction

Aflatoxins

Zearalenone

Trichothecenes (DON, T-2)

Fumonisins

Ochratoxin

Preventative Practices

Detrimental Feed Concentrations

What is ppm & ppb?

Plant Disease Associations

Links

 

Aflatoxins in Corn, University of Kentucky http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/id/id59/id59.pdf

Fumonisin, Vomitoxin and other Mycotoxins in Corn Produced by Fusarium Fungi, University of Kentucky http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/id/id121/id121.pdf

NC-129 Mycotoxins in Cereal Grains http://www.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/Pubs/BP/BP-47.html

Mold and Mycotoxin Problems in Livestock Feeding, Penn State University http://www.das.psu.edu/teamdairy

Mycotoxins in Feed Grains and Ingredients, Kansas State University http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/drought/drought/MF2061.pdf

Mycotoxins and Mycotoxin Test Kits, Purdue University http://agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/Pubs/BP/BP-47.html

Grain Molds and Mycotoxins in Corn, University of Nebraska http://ianr.unl.edu/pubs/plantdisease/g1408.html

Aflatoxin, USDA http://www.usda.gov/gipsa/newsroom/backgrounders/b-aflatox.htm

Fumonisin Levels in Human Foods and Animal Feeds, FDA http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fumongui.htm

DON, USDA GIPSA, http://www.usda.gov/gipsa/newsroom/backgrounders/b-vomitox.PDF

DON Handbook, USDA, http://www.usda.gov/gipsa/reference-library/handbooks/don/don.htm

Bt Corn: Less Insect Damage, Lower Mycotoxin Levels, Healthier Corn, USDA ARS, http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2000/000426.htm

Mycotoxins, Cornell University, http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/toxicagents/mycotoxin.html

Mycotoxins in Corn, North Carolina State University, http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/pp/notes/Corn/corn001.htm

Mycotoxins and Mycotoxicoses, Auburn University, http://www.aces.edu/department/grain/ANR767.htm

TESTING

Labs performing mycotoxin analysis www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/ohiofieldcropdisease/wheat/mycotoxin%20text2.htm