Mycotoxin contaminated feed and food are a risk to the health of humans and livestock resulting in significant economic losses. The majority of mycotoxins accumulate in the field, and contamination levels are strongly influenced by weather conditions at critical stages of crop development. Additional factors such as soil management, sowing time and each crop's genetic resistance contribute to farm-level risk within a region.
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The algorithm analyzes data from a range of inputs to calculate a predicted mycotoxin contamination level for the next harvest:
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With these inputs, the Mycotoxin Prediction Service assesses the relative risk for increased mycotoxin levels on the field in regions across the globe. These include deoxynivalenol and zearalenone, the most prevalent mycotoxins in corn and wheat, as well as aflatoxins and fumonisins in corn. The Mycotoxin Prediction Service allows crop users and crop producers to make sound decisions in terms of purchasing, quality control and crop management.
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Our portfolio of tools helps to understand the potential risks of mycotoxins for animal species and location.
Starting the dsm-firmenich World Mycotoxin Survey already in 2004, we are proud to celebrate a 20 year`s anniversary this year. The increasing sample size over the years gives detailed insights on the incidence of the six major mycotoxins in the agricultural commodities used for livestock feed in order to identify the potential risk posed to livestock animal production.
Only analyzing for single mycotoxins can lead to underestimation of the detrimental effects of mycotoxins on animal health and performance. Our long-term monitoring of mycotoxins in different commodities shows that cooccurrence of mycotoxins is the rule and not the exception. Here we need support of state-of the art analytical methods based on LC-MS/MS. These allow to detect multiple mycotoxins in one run. The high sensitivity of the method is important, as already moderate levels of mycotoxins can have a detrimental effect. This is especially true in case of co-contamination.
Effects of mycotoxins on animals are diverse and range from carcinogenicity, hepatoxicity and neurotoxicity to impaired reproduction, digestive disorders, immunomodulation and decreased performance. Clinical signs can be seen at high levels of mycotoxin contamination but more frequently we observe subclinical effects. Already moderate levels of mycotoxins, especially during chronic exposure, can negatively affect the animals. Mycotoxins influence the immune system, the integrity of the gut barrier and act as predisposing factors for disease.
The dsm-firmenich Mycotoxin Survey constitutes the longest running and most comprehensive data set on mycotoxin occurrence. The survey results provide insights on the incidence of the six major mycotoxins in the agricultural commodities used for livestock feed in order to identify the potential risk posed to livestock animal production.
With our World Mycotoxin Survey results on the current levels of mycotoxin contamination in different commodities and regions of the world, we want to inform and support feed and animal producers to get a better picture of the mycotoxin risk in their region or in imported feed ingredients.
FUMzyme® Silage is a unique additive sprayed onto corn (maize) at harvest that targets and detoxifies harmful fumonisins, so that the resulting silage is safe and fumonisin-free for livestock nutrition.
The risk management solution against aflatoxins and/or ergot alkaloids in animal feed.
Targeted protection against adsorbable mycotoxins plus fumonisins.
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Absolute protection against the broadest range of mycotoxins.
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We offer a range of analytical services to customers to assess the mycotoxin contamination of feed materials.
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