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Mycotoxins in dairy cattle nutrition

Level 3 - Extension Workers, Input & Service Providers

Introduction

1. You will learn about...

2. Background

3. Mycotoxins

4. Mycotoxins and the environment

5. Fungal growth in dry fodder

6. Fungal growth in grains

7. Fungal growth in wet forages (silage)

8. Types of fungi

9. Field fungi

10. Storage fungi

11. Competitive advantages of mycotoxins12.

12. Rumen as a toxin filter

13. Fungus and the toxins they produce

14. Penicillium fungus

15. Ochratoxin A (OTA)

16. Aspergillus fungus

17. Aflatoxins in milk

18. Aflatoxin in milk cont'd...

19. Effects of aflatoxins

20. Fusarium roseum fungus

21. Zearalenone and reproduction problems

22. Effects of zearalenone23.

23. Fusarium graminearum

24. Effects of Deoxynivalenol (DON)

25. Claviceps purpurea

26. Effects of ergot alkaloids

27. T-2 toxin

28. Fusarium verticillioides

29. Mycotoxin analysis in forages & feeds

30. Detection of mycotoxins

31. Managing fungi in farms

32. Mycotoxin binders

33. How mycotoxin binders work

34. Types of mycotoxin binders