More awareness of mycotoxins – Part 4. Mycotoxins: Major enemy of the immune system

Mycotoxins display immunomodulatory properties that can lead to reduced vaccine efficacy in pigs, as well as in other animals. Focusing on swine, this article aims to explain which mycoxins cause which immunomodulation. By G.M. Meissonnier, INRA, laboratoire de Pharmacologie-Toxicologie, Toulouse, France and Alltech France; and I.P. Oswald, INRA, France Mycotoxins are metabolic compounds produced by fungi that grow on growing or stored plant material. Mycotoxicosis causes multiple symptoms and