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
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Nairobien
cg.contributor.affiliationChuka Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationGhent Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Liègeen
cg.contributor.affiliationBIOMIN Research Centeren
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUppsala Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationSwedish University of Agricultural Sciencesen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donorFederal Science Policy Office, Belgiumen
cg.contributor.donorFonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, Belgiumen
cg.contributor.donorNorwegian Research Councilen
cg.contributor.donorMinistry of Education, Science and Technology, Kenyaen
cg.contributor.donorNational Research Foundation, South Africaen
cg.contributor.donorBIOMIN Holding GmbHen
cg.contributor.donorHarbro Ltd.en
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierJohanna Lindahl: 0000-0002-1175-0398
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/toxins12040222en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2072-6651en
cg.issue4en
cg.journalToxinsen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriAFLATOXINSen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL HEALTHen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL PRODUCTIONen
cg.subject.ilriCATTLEen
cg.subject.ilriDAIRYINGen
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SAFETYen
cg.subject.ilriHUMAN HEALTHen
cg.volume12en
dc.contributor.authorKemboi, D.C.en
dc.contributor.authorAntonissen, G.en
dc.contributor.authorOchieng, P.E.en
dc.contributor.authorCroubels, S.en
dc.contributor.authorOkoth, S.A.en
dc.contributor.authorKang'ethe, Erastus K.en
dc.contributor.authorFaas, J.en
dc.contributor.authorLindahl, Johanna F.en
dc.contributor.authorGathumbi, J.K.en
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-20T15:03:04Zen
dc.date.available2020-04-20T15:03:04Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/108030
dc.titleA review of the impact of mycotoxins on dairy cattle health: Challenges for food safety and dairy production in sub-Saharan Africaen
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
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2020-04-02
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
dcterms.issued2020-04-02
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherMDPIen
dcterms.subjectaflatoxinsen
dcterms.subjectmycotoxinsen
dcterms.subjectdairyingen
dcterms.subjectfood safetyen
dcterms.subjecthealthen
dcterms.subjectanimal productionen
dcterms.subjectanimal healthen
dcterms.subjectcattleen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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