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An investigation into the level of fusarium mycotoxins in samples of UK wheat straw used for bedding livestock

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

C. I. White ,
S. G. Edwards  and
A. H. Stewart
C. I. White
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
S. G. Edwards
Affiliation:
Harper Adams University College, Newport, Shropshire, United Kingdom
A. H. Stewart*
Affiliation:
Harper Adams University College, Newport, Shropshire, United Kingdom
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Straw based production systems are common in the UK compared to European, Asian and American competitors. The effects of mycotoxins in cereal feed on livestock performance are relatively well documented with pigs being particularly sensitive to mycotoxicosis. The European Commission has recently set guideline limits for fusarium mycotoxins in animal feedstuffs (Anon, 2006). Guidance limits for feedstuffs for young pigs is 900 ppb deoxynivalenol and 100 ppb zearalenone. However, any possible effects of ingestion of fusarium mycotoxins from bedding have not been enumerated. This project was designed to evaluate the potential risk of mycotoxin challenge from straw bedding in the UK.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2007 , April 2007 , pp. 106
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2007

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Anon. (2006) Commission recommendation on 17th August 2006 on the presence of deoxynivalenol, zearalenone, ochratoxin A, T-2 and HT-2 and fumonisins in products intended for animal feeding. Official Journal of the European Union L229, 7–9.Google Scholar
van Barneveld, R., Edwards, T. & Choct, M. (2005) Accounting for consumption of bedding material in deep litter housing systems. In: van Barneveld, R. ed. APL Project 1754. pp 43–46. Becan Consulting Group, Australia Google Scholar