Mycotoxin detection methods in livestock feed

Mycotoxin contamination endangers public and animal health and results in major economic losses in the food industry. There is, therefore, an urgent need for rapid, easy and accurate methods of mycotoxin detection in livestock feed. Mycotoxin levels in feed samples are determined using procedures that involve sample collection and preparation, mycotoxin extraction, clean-up, detection and quantification. Mycotoxins are not uniformly distributed in commodities which makes collecting representa