BUFFALO, Minn. - University of Minnesota dairy cattle nutritionist Noah Litherland spoke to members of the dairy industry March 23 about this year's increased risk of mold, yeast and mycotoxins in ...

Using barley as the raw material for ethanol production results in an additional product -- dried grains for animal feed. But the presence of a fungal pathogen sometimes found in barley can result in ...

If one month has passed since you filled the silo, initial corn silage fermentation is likely complete. That means it is time to pull a sample and send it off ...

Mycotoxins are poisonous substances produced by fungi or mold. They can be toxic for humans when they are eaten, absorbed into the skin, or inhaled. A small amount of mycotoxin can be damaging to ...

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 56, No. 410, Special Issue: Making Sense of the Metabolome (January 2005), pp. 273-286 (14 pages) Filamentous fungi and yeast from the genera Saccharomyces, ...

Lexington, Ky., feed companies are busy filling orders for bags and buckets of mycotoxin binder from horse owners in 15 states throughout the East Coast. Feeding the binder, which is an additive ...

Active dose varies in red yeast rice, which has statin-like effects. Oct. 25, 2010— -- Researchers have found wide variations in the amount of active compounds known as monacolins -- related to ...