A review of the impact of mycotoxins on dairy cattle health: Challenges for food safety and dairy production in sub-Saharan Africa

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Nairobien_US
cg.contributor.affiliationChuka Universityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationGhent Universityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Liègeen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationBIOMIN Research Centeren_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUppsala Universityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationSwedish University of Agricultural Sciencesen_US
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Healthen_US
cg.contributor.donorFederal Science Policy Office, Belgiumen_US
cg.contributor.donorFonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, Belgiumen_US
cg.contributor.donorNorwegian Research Councilen_US
cg.contributor.donorMinistry of Education, Science and Technology, Kenyaen_US
cg.contributor.donorNational Research Foundation, South Africaen_US
cg.contributor.donorBIOMIN Holding GmbHen_US
cg.contributor.donorHarbro Ltd.en_US
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierJohanna Lindahl: 0000-0002-1175-0398en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/toxins12040222en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn2072-6651en_US
cg.issue4en_US
cg.journalToxinsen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriAFLATOXINSen_US
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL HEALTHen_US
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL PRODUCTIONen_US
cg.subject.ilriCATTLEen_US
cg.subject.ilriDAIRYINGen_US
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SAFETYen_US
cg.subject.ilriHUMAN HEALTHen_US
cg.volume12en_US
dc.contributor.authorKemboi, D.C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAntonissen, G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOchieng, P.E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCroubels, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOkoth, S.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKang'ethe, Erastus K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFaas, J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLindahl, Johanna F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGathumbi, J.K.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-20T15:03:04Zen_US
dc.date.available2020-04-20T15:03:04Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/108030en_US
dc.titleA review of the impact of mycotoxins on dairy cattle health: Challenges for food safety and dairy production in sub-Saharan Africaen_US
dcterms.abstractMycotoxins are secondary metabolites of fungi that contaminate food and feed and have a significant negative impact on human and animal health and productivity. The tropical condition in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) together with poor storage of feed promotes fungal growth and subsequent mycotoxin production. Aflatoxins (AF) produced by Aspergillus species, fumonisins (FUM), zearalenone (ZEN), T-2 toxin (T-2), and deoxynivalenol (DON) produced by Fusarium species, and ochratoxin A (OTA) produced by Penicillium and Aspergillus species are well-known mycotoxins of agricultural importance. Consumption of feed contaminated with these toxins may cause mycotoxicoses in animals, characterized by a range of clinical signs depending on the toxin, and losses in the animal industry. In SSA, contamination of dairy feed with mycotoxins has been frequently reported, which poses a serious constraint to animal health and productivity, and is also a hazard to human health since some mycotoxins and their metabolites are excreted in milk, especially aflatoxin M1. This review describes the major mycotoxins, their occurrence, and impact in dairy cattle diets in SSA highlighting the problems related to animal health, productivity, and food safety and the up-to-date post-harvest mitigation strategies for the prevention and reduction of contamination of dairy feed.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2020-04-02en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKemboi, D.C., Antonissen, G., Ochieng, P.E., Croubels, S., Okoth, S., Kang'ethe, E.K., Faas, J., Lindahl, J.F. and Gathumbi, J.K. 2020. A review of the impact of mycotoxins on dairy cattle health: Challenges for food safety and dairy production in sub-Saharan Africa. Toxins 12(4): 222.en_US
dcterms.issued2020-04-02en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherMDPIen_US
dcterms.subjectaflatoxinsen_US
dcterms.subjectmycotoxinsen_US
dcterms.subjectdairyingen_US
dcterms.subjectfood safetyen_US
dcterms.subjecthealthen_US
dcterms.subjectanimal productionen_US
dcterms.subjectanimal healthen_US
dcterms.subjectcattleen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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