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Fungal diseases
- General treatment of Mycotoxins
- Remove contaminated material and replace
- Treat concurrent disease
- Improve management practices
- Provide supportive care
- Contaminated feed or bedding should be replaced. Concurrent diseases should be treated to alleviate disease interactions, and substandard management practices must be corrected.
- Some mycotoxins increase requirements for vitamins, electrolytes, trace minerals (especially selenium and zinc), protein, and lipids and can be compensated for by feed supplementation and water-based treatment.
- Nonspecific treatments using activated charcoal (digestive tract adsorption) in the feed have a sparing effect but are not practical for larger production units. In larger scale production, the use of clays and derivatives from yeast, bacteria, and plants has more practical applications.
- Certain enzymes have potential to biodegrade specific mycotoxins, such as fumonisins, into nontoxic metabolites (enzymatic biotransformation). However, availability of detoxifying enzymes is limited.
- Extra-label treatment with antifungal drugs labeled for use in other species (eg, nystatin and triazole antifungal agents) may not be permitted in certain jurisdictions.
- Is poly [1-(2-oxo-l-pyrroli-dinyl) ethylene 3%, used in the drinking water of poultry helps to control the poisonous substances produced by moulds and fungi including Aflatoxin, Cyclopiazonic Acid, Vomitoxin, Ochratoxin. Zearalenone, Penicillium and Fusarium. It also treats disorders caused by mycotoxins in poultry.
