Mycotoxins in Feedstuffs

The term mycotoxin literally means poison from fungi. Mycotoxins are substances produced from fungal secondary metabolic processes, which impair animal health thereby causing great economic losses of livestock through disease. Feedstuff is any of the constituent nutrients of an animal ration. The plants used in feed, such as grains, oils seeds, and nuts root crops, are susceptible to mycotoxin contamination.