The term Mycotoxin literally means poison from a fungi. Mycotoxins aresubstances produced from fungal secondary metabolic processes which impairanimal health th... » 

The term Mycotoxin literally means poison from a fungi. Mycotoxins aresubstances produced from fungal secondary metabolic processes which impairanimal health thereby causing great economic losses of livestock throughdisease. Mycotoxins in Feedstuff comprehensively deals with all relevant toxinproducing fungi their natural occurence the possible mycotoxicosis theirbiochemical and physiological effects of mycotoxins and their chemical dataand toxicity. In addition this book lists all feeds which have been reportedto be contaminated with mycotoxins including data on the degree ofcontamination the concentration of the toxins and the country of origin andordetection of the contaminated food. «