Fewer Fusarium toxins in Europe this year? Not necessarily!

Many are wondering whether the mycotoxin threat to livestock will reach the extremes seen in 2014. A drier summer this year means a different, but not necessarily less dangerous, risk to animal production. Climate change may be a factor. Remarkably high contamination with Fusarium mycotoxins, deoxynivalenol and zearalenone, in the 2014 corn (maize) harvest led to impaired feed intake and overall poor performance in livestock animals fed contaminated feed. The overall poor corn quality—especia