A glance of feed hygiene and importance of mycotoxins in poultry feedstuffs

Abstract

SUMMARY Animal feed hygiene is a critical aspect of ensuring the safety and well-being of animals and the quality of animal products. Contamination of animal feed can lead to various hazards and diseases, affecting both animal diseases and human food safety. Observance of poultry feed hygiene in feed mill factories should be one of the most important issues to witness a reduction in cost and increase in production. Food/feed safety veterinarian should be to control of hygiene of human/animal commodity to safety and public health. Microbial hazards are major agent which seen in food/feed and secondary metabolites of fungal is named of mycotoxin are highly toxic metabolits compounds that produced in ingredient and finish feedstuffs. The effects of mycotoxin on poultry include reduced feed intake, growth performance, immunity, antioxidants status and blood parameters, and they have been associated with increased mortality, carcinogenicity, teratogenicity and organ damage in poultry industry. Poultry feed hygiene regulations are crucial for ensuring the safety and quality of animal feed products. The aim of this study was to prevent the contamination of poultry feed with harmful substances are control of its negative impact on poultry health and human food safety. This review provides an overview of feed health factors with the importance of mycotoxins and poultry feed contamination by natural toxins. Contamination of raw materials with mycotoxins in poultry feedstuffs during production is a significant challenge for the safety and quality of finish poultry feed. The importance of monitoring and controlling mycotoxin contamination in poultry feedstuffs to ensure poultry/human health.