Toxic contamination: Effect on rumen and liver function

Feeding dairy cows with mycotoxin contaminated feed causes a range of problems starting from reduced feed intake, impaired milk production, reduced reproduction and lower immunity. Altogether, they might be responsible for significant economic losses. By Stephan Bauwens, technical director, Innovad, Belgium Moulds and mycotoxins, sudden increase of the outside temperature, pathogens, changes in the diet, the transition period and calving. These are all are stress factors that compromise the c