Mycotoxins and their impact on swine immunity

Mycotoxins are toxic substances that disrupt the normal function of the animals’ immune system. This leads to significant negative economic impacts. The effect on the immunity and subsequent impacts in pigs are discussed here.   The economic viability of modern pig production farms is affected by numerous factors (Figure 1). Amongst them, exists some that cannot be controlled by the farmers, namely the agricultural products and the meat’s market price fluctuations and the stri