From: Nutritional impact of mycotoxins in food animal production and strategies for mitigation
 | Factor | Example | References |
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Diet-related factors | Mycotoxin | Aflatoxins, deoxynivalenol, fumonisins | |
Source of contamination | Naturally contaminated | [52] | |
Artificially contaminated | [88] | ||
Purified powder | [66] | ||
Substrate of contamination | Corn | [54] | |
Wheat | [58] | ||
Barely | [52] | ||
Level of mycotoxin concentration | A wide range of mycotoxin concentrations | ||
Individual or combined contamination | Synergistic effects of deoxynivalenol and fumonisins | [89] | |
Animal-related factors | Species | Poultry, pigs, dairy cattle, dairy goats | |
Breed | Pigs: Yorkshire × Chester White × Duroc, Landrace × Yorkshire, Camborough Plus × C337 | ||
Broilers: Arbor Acres, Ross-308 | |||
Ducks: Cherry Valley ducks, Pekin | |||
Laying hens: Hy-Line Brown laying hens, ISA Brown laying hens | |||
Sex | Pigs: all males, mixed sex and all females | ||
Age | 21-d-old and 42-d-old female pigs | ||
Production stage | Early-lactation vs. mid-lactation cows | ||
Diet composition | Forage types in dairy total mixed ration | ||
Other factors | Exposure duration | Pigs: 21-d, 35-d test period |