Mycotoxins – a rising threat to aquaculture

Plant-based ingredients are increasingly used in fish diets due to increase economic/market pressures on feed compounders to produce lower cost, sustainable alternatives. Because plant ingredients pose a high risk of mycotoxin contamination, moving to plant protein sources in the aquafeed industry demands careful risk assessment, as well as appropriate protection strategies for fish fed contaminated feeds. *)Peter Spring lectures at the Swiss College of Agriculture, Zollikofen, Switzerland a