Mycotoxins are the secondary metabolites of fungi and most of them have been implicated in some mycotoxicoses in mammals, avians and fish species. When toxin contaminated food or feed are consumed by man or animals, they may suffer from illness or inseverity, toxicity may result in death of the consumers. In the present investigation an effort has been made to determine the prevalence of mycotoxin contamination in the food and feed samples collected from various places of Sagar District,M.P. All the crop seeds and feeds were found positive for mycotoxin contamination ranging from 37.5% in Rice to 100% in Wheat straw. The data indicate the importance on surveys for the enumeration of microbial contaminants and evaluation of the quantity of mycotoxins present in the agricultural commodities sold for the consumption of man and animals.
Mycotoxins, Toxin, Seeds, Feed, Fungi, Contamination
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