Efficacy of a yeast additive to mitigate the effects of zearalenonecontaminated feed in gilts

Abstract

Eficacia de un aditivo de levadura en cerdas jóvenes que consumen piensos contaminados con zearalenona Eficácia de um aditivo de levedura para leitoas que consomem ração contaminada por zearalenona Seropédica, Brasil. (Received: January 31, 2016; accepted: May 10, 2017) doi: 10.17533/udea.rccp.v30n4a05 Abstract Background: Mycotoxins are a significant cause of economic losses in swine farming and adsorbents based on yeast cell walls provide an alternative solution to reducing this challenge. Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of an antimycotoxin additive (AMA; Safmannan ® ) for preventing the toxic effects of zearalenone