Young chicks: Extra vulnerable for mycotoxins

Although a risk at any stage of development, mycotoxins can be particularly devastating to week one chicks unless proper risk management is implemented. Mycotoxins are a universally acknowledged problem in the rearing industry. Preventative measures are possible, but there is no way to ensure with absolute certainty they do not enter into the agricultural process. Still, acute outbreaks of mycotoxicoses – diseases caused by toxin spore inhalation, ingestion, or skin-contact, ranging in severi