Aquaculture

Theme Feed processing

Mycotoxins – a rising threat to aquaculture

Plant-based ingredients are increasingly used in fish diets due to increase economic/market pressures on feed compounders to produce lower cost, sustainable alternatives. Because plant ingredients pose a high risk of mycotoxin contamination, moving to plant protein sources in the aquafeed industry demands careful risk assessment, as well as appropriate protection strategies for fish fed contaminated feeds.

This article can also be found at Feed Tech, volume 9, no. 10

Keywords: Mycotoxins, fish feed, DON T-2 toxin, zearaleone, fumoninsin, moniliformin, aflatoxin

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