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Review
. 2019 Oct 25;11(11):617.
doi: 10.3390/toxins11110617.

Decontamination of Mycotoxin-Contaminated Feedstuffs and Compound Feed

Radmilo Čolović  1 , Nikola Puvača  2 , Federica Cheli  3 , Giuseppina Avantaggiato  4 , Donato Greco  4 , Olivera Đuragić  1 , Jovana Kos  1 , Luciano Pinotti  3
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Review

Decontamination of Mycotoxin-Contaminated Feedstuffs and Compound Feed

Radmilo Čolović et al. Toxins (Basel). .

Abstract

Mycotoxins are known worldwide as fungus-produced toxins that adulterate a wide heterogeneity of raw feed ingredients and final products. Consumption of mycotoxins-contaminated feed causes a plethora of harmful responses from acute toxicity to many persistent health disorders with lethal outcomes; such as mycotoxicosis when ingested by animals. Therefore, the main task for feed producers is to minimize the concentration of mycotoxin by applying different strategies aimed at minimizing the risk of mycotoxin effects on animals and human health. Once mycotoxins enter the production chain it is hard to eliminate or inactivate them. This paper examines the most recent findings on different processes and strategies for the reduction of toxicity of mycotoxins in animals. The review gives detailed information about the decontamination approaches to mitigate mycotoxin contamination of feedstuffs and compound feed, which could be implemented in practice.

Keywords: adsorbents; chemicals; grain cleaning; mycotoxins; reduction; thermal processing.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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