Mycotoxin Risk Management

Selected Species

Mitigate the risk of mycotoxins being predisposing factors to diseases and vaccine failure as well as overcome reproductive challenges

Mycotoxin Contamination

  • Mycotoxins are well-known toxic fungal metabolites commonly present in feed ingredients that affect birds differently depending on the type, life stage, and level of contamination in feed.
  • Direct effects of mycotoxins are usually manifested through damaging the bird’s gut and liver.
  • The key aspect to note is their presence at low levels - mycotoxins can predispose birds to pathogenic bacteria causing diseases, affect immune function and cause vaccine failure, and affect protein metabolism resulting in reproductive and productive challenges.
  • Therefore, the needs for mycotoxin risk management in poultry production are:
    • Considering mycotoxins as part of differential diagnosis for health and nutritional challenges
    • Managing risk associated with mycotoxins in the feed

A precise and cost- effective mycotoxin risk management program has consistent monitoring, risk assessment, and a comprehensive intervention plan. Consistent and continuous monitoring of mycotoxins by constantly analyzing feed materials helps to detect which mycotoxins are present, level of contamination, and their potential risk levels in order to devise a comprehensive intervention plan, which should include a combination of diverse technologies to tackle various mycotoxins since not all mycotoxins are same.

This integrated approach helps to protect birds against mycotoxins and their negative effects on your poultry production and ensures optimal return on your investment. As part of differential diagnosis, systems like blood biomarker modeling can be used to determine to prevent health issues before they happen and effects on the environmental footprint can be calculated using sustainability measurements.

Mycotoxin Risk Management Portfolio Offering

  • Mycofix®

    The Mycofix® portfolio of feed additives represents the most state-of-the-art solution for protecting animal health by deactivating mycotoxins that contaminate farm animal feed. Its safety and efficacy are proven by 7 EU authorizations for substances that deactivate mycotoxins.

  • Mycotoxin Analysis

    We offer a range of analytical services to customers to assess the mycotoxin contamination of feed materials.

  • Mycotoxin Contamination

    Our portfolio of tools helps to understand the potential risks of mycotoxins for animal species and location.

  • OVN Optimum Vitamin Nutrition®

    OVN Optimum Vitamin Nutrition® is about feeding animals high quality vitamins, produced with the lowest environmental footprint, in the right amounts, appropriate to their life stage and growing conditions, to optimize: • Animal Health and Welfare ▶ good for animals • Animal Performance ▶ good for farmers • Food Quality & Food Waste ▶ good for consumers and the planet

  • Verax™

    Harness the power of data to get a deeper understanding of the overall health, productivity and welfare of your animals.

  • Sustell™

    Sustell™ is an intelligent sustainability service that combines the most advanced environmental foot printing calculation tool with expert sustainability, animal production and nutritional knowledge to create tailor-made, practical solutions and business development projects that enhance the environmental sustainability and profitability of animal farming. Sustell™ unlocks the value of animal production sustainability.

Protect your flock with confidence

Protecting your birds against health and nutritional challenges at every life stage is essential for successful production. Our comprehensive range of solutions lie at the heart of healthy development and welfare. At dsm-firmenich, we address the challenges you face to help protect your flocks with confidence.

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