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Deoxynivalenol: Toxicological Profile And Potential For Reducing Cereal Grain Contamination Using Bacterial Additives In Fermented Animal Feed., William Vevers
Deoxynivalenol: Toxicological Profile And Potential For Reducing Cereal Grain Contamination Using Bacterial Additives In Fermented Animal Feed., William Vevers
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Deoxynivalenol (DON) contamination of grain destined for animal feeds is a major toxicological risk to monogastrics and is suspected of restricting productivity in ruminants. Whereas bacterial additives have been developed that can detoxify DON in the rumen and lower intestine, there are currently no commercial inoculants able to perform this task in crimped grain (CG) silage, a regionally important method of moist grain preservation based on homo- and heterofermentative lactic acid bacteria or chemical additives. Determining whether this ensiling process alongside the action of detoxifying bacteria has the potential to remove DON in CG prior to ingestion, was explored in …