The third Neonews deals with mycotoxins in ruminants. Indeed Mycotoxins are well-known for their effects on monogastric animals. But ruminants, until recently, were considered as “protected” through rumen flora action. However, recent scientific studies show that only 20 to 30% of mycotoxins are really detoxified in the rumen. These studies have also highlighted the mycotoxins depressor effects on ruminants performance. Moreover, some mycotoxins may be transformed into much more toxic molecules. As a consequence, aflatoxin B1 may be transformed into AFM1 for example. This metabolite is, carcinogenic for human and may be found into the milk. For instance, at the beginning of January 2012 Mengniu, the main chinese milk producer, lost 20% of sales because of AFM1 found into his milk.

In this context, NEOVIA has designed T5X. On the one hand, the research program has proved the T5X potential effect to prevent aflatoxin contamination in dairy milk (in vitro and in vivo trials) and on the other hand, it has evaluated its benefits in farms, suspected of zootechnical depressive effects due to mycotoxins multi-contaminations.