The role of Mycotoxins in the health and performance of agricultural livestock
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In an age of climate crisis, find out how UFAC’s non-digestible mycotoxin binder, mycotrap, can provide protection against mycotoxins, support fertility and improve the overall health status of livestock.
As a country, we depend on supplementing our home-grown raw materials with imported ones. Therefore, we need to be aware of ever-changing weather patterns around the world and their impact on the mycotoxin levels of the raw materials we import and feed to our livestock.?
What are Mycotoxins?
Mycotoxins are toxic chemicals produced by fungi that readily colonise crops in the field and in storage. The amount and type of mycotoxin produced depends on the mould present during different environmental conditions. Influencing factors include drought, rainfall, hot or cool temperatures, and pests. This summer’s increased temperatures will mean an overall increase in mycotoxigenic fungi suited to higher temperatures, such as the aflatoxin-producing Aspergillus species, which impacts the liver, immune, and reproductive systems.
Effects of Mycotoxins on livestock
Mycotoxins affect multiple body systems and organs, including the immune system, making it easier for bacterial infections and diseases to occur. Even at very low levels, they are extremely harmful to ruminants and monogastrics.
Symptoms of mycotoxins include;?
Signs to look out for?
It’s important to identify and treat symptoms as early as possible to avoid diseases in livestock. Mycotoxins are one of the most dangerous hidden threats to livestock health. Impacting growth, fertility, disease immunity and overall performance.
Symptoms of exposure
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What is mycotrap?
mycotrap is a cost-effective, independently tested broad-spectrum mycotoxin binder for all classes of livestock. It has proven effective performance in minimising the levels of mycotoxins throughout the entire gastrointestinal tract.?
Mycotrap is a non-digestible, free-flowing and palatable product which is easily incorporated into feed. The clay compound binds with mycotoxins in the gut and guides them through the digestive tract.
mycotrap incorporates specific activated clay minerals with added glucose pre-cursor,?glycerine to provide enhanced toxin control and improved liver function.
This specialised clay mineral compound has been independently tested at Gent University, Belgium. It is proven to have a strong binding capacity for a broad range of economically damaging mycotoxins at all pH ranges found throughout the entire gastrointestinal tract.?
The University of Ghent’s research
The University of Ghent is a leading centre of mycotoxin research. They tested and reported the efficiency of mycotrap on a broad spectrum of mycotoxins at a wide range of pH levels.
The study used a two-phase method, simulating the digestive tract’s pH range. The method proved that mycotrap was more effective than other products in adsorbing a wider range of mycotoxins in the acidic conditions of the stomach, near neutral pH milieu of the small intestine, and alkaline environment of the hindgut.
The study found that the mycotrap binder supplement has a string binding capacity for certain mycotoxins. This means that my trap can be easily incorporated into livestock feed to guide mycotoxins through the digestive tract and help avoid illnesses and symptoms in livestock.?
The study also showed that mycotrap can increase milk production, egg production, hatchability, conception rates, and more.
Interested in learning more about mycotrap? Contact our Regional Business Managers directly:
Richard Lapthorne M: 07788 963 487 (North England and Scotland)?
James Hastings-Molyneux M: 07538 763 832 (South East and Midlands)
Steve Willats M: 07827 249157 (South West and Wales)