ศูนย์นวัตกรรมเทคโนโลยีหลังการเก็บเกี่ยว

A review of worldwide contamination of cereal grains and animal feed with Fusarium mycotoxins.

PLACINTA, C.M., D’MELLO, J.P.F. and MACDONALD, A.M.C.

Animal Feed Science and Technology 78 : 21-37.

1999

บทคัดย่อ

A review with 57 references.  From a global perspective, three classes of Fusarium mycotoxins may be considered to be of particular importance in animal health and productivity.  Within the trichothecene group, DON is widely associated with feed rejection in pigs, while T-2 toxin can precipitate reproductive disturbances in sows.  Another group comprising ZEA and its derivatives is endowed with oestrogenic properties.  The third category includes the fumonisins which have been linked with specific toxicity syndromes such as equine leukoencephalomalacia and porcine pulmonary oedema.  Although sample size has been small in a number of surveys, there is nevertheless unequivocal evidence of global contamination of cereal grains and animal feed with several trichothecenes,  ZEA and fumonisins.  Furthermore, it is clear that legislation for the control of these mycotoxins in animal feed is now overdue and that further work is required to exploit cereal genotypes that are resistant to diseases caused by toxigenic Fusarium phytopathogens.