More awareness of mycotoxins Part 2. Current thoughts on global mycotoxicoses in pigs

The immediate challenge chemists around the world face are related to masked mycotoxins and the means and modes of analysing them so that their masked effects can be quantified. In this short paper, demonstrated effects of the key mycotoxins on swine health and performance are highlighted, while referencing to their regional distribution. By Dr H.V.L.N. Swamy, Alltech Canada Mycotoxins are the secondary metabolites of moulds, which are ubiquitous in nature. There are close to 500 mycotoxins tha