A systematic review of global occurrence of emerging mycotoxins in crops and animal feeds,and their toxicity in livestock

Mycotoxins are the most frequently occurring natural contaminant in food and feed.Their occurrence in crops and animal feed represents an enormous challenge,particularly for livestock farmers in terms of increased production costs,reduced animal performance and profitability.This study investigates the scale of emerging mycotoxins contamination of crops and animal feeds globally,and evaluates their impacts on the health and performance of livestock,especially when they co-occur alongside regulated mycotoxins.Emerging mycotoxins including nivalenol,enniatins,beauvericin,diacetoxyscirpenol,fusaric acid,patulin,moniliformin and sterigmatocystin were found to be the most prevalent contaminants of cereals and other feed commodities worldwide.The pooled mean levels for beauvericin,nivalenol,enniatins,moniliformin,sterigmatocystin,diacetoxyscirpenol,fusaric acid,and patulin were 386,421,7,854,204,136,126,370 and 138 mg/kg,respectively.In terms of toxicity,co-occurrence of emerging mycotoxins with each other and also with regulated mycotoxins profoundly impacts livestock performance,even at low levels.Therefore,there is a need for cumulative risk assessments to evaluate the health risks associated with simultaneous exposure to emerging and regulated mycotoxins and also to develop effective mitigation strategies.

Multidrug resistance problems targeting piglets and environmental health by Escherichia coli in intensive swine farms

Multidrug resistance(MDR)problems become critical concerns in animal production through food chains and the environment.Thus,the cross-sectional study of E.coli in swine feces,drinking water,and wastewater collected on four medium and four large swine farms in Thailand was studied.The orders of antibiotics used were AMX-COL-GM-TIL and AMX-COL-GM-CER on medium-sized and large swine farms,respectively.Hemolytic E.coli(HEC)was more frequently isolated from all samples than Non-hemolytic E.coli(NHEC).The medium-sized farms were resistant to AMP,AMX,TE,and C,while large farms were resistant to AMP,AMX,TE,and PIP.Only two sensitive antibiotics,namely AK and TE,were available on both farms,whereas,banned NT was still detected in the sludge.The MDR of E.coli isolates was 95.7%and 87.7%on medium-sized and large swine farms,while the highest resistance found was 15 drugs used for NHEC on medium-sized swine farms.The PFGE molecular typing revealed the largest cluster containing five isolations,correlated with drinking water,sow,and fattening isolates;however,the phenotypic and genotypic were not in a similar pattern.The most seriously MDR related to HEC was found in the piglets,effluent,and sludge.Thus,the AMR and MDR of E.coli existence in medium-sized and large swine farms in this study.MDR of E.coli was substantially found in the environmental,including effluent and sludge.Therefore,it inevitably operates the long-term monitoring of AMR,especially targeted piglets and its environment as the main focus of critical antibiotics use in swine farms.