Mycotoxin transmission from sows to piglets

Zearalenone and deoxynivalenol are better known as mycotoxins ZEN and DON. How do they – and their derivatives – transmit during gestation and lactation of sows? In a recent study, mycotoxin levels in colostrum and milk were measured, as well as in the serum of both sows and piglets. The key reason for the studies performed at Schothorst Feed Research (SFR) in the Netherlands was to determine the risks of mycotoxins to animal health and performance under practical conditions. That means tha