Mycotoxins and mycotoxicosis in dogs

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Gabrielle Bahniuk
Lara Maria Corsini
Matheus Müller
Gabriela Melo Prestes Pereira
Keila Zaniboni Siqueira Batista

Abstract

Mycotoxins, toxic secondary metabolites produced by filamentous fungus species, can contaminate a wide range of nourishments, as dog food. The ingestion of contaminated diet causes mycotoxicosis, diseases which present a variety of clinical signs dependent on the amount of toxin ingested, time of exposure, as well as characteristics related to each type of mycotoxin. This work reviews major aspects related to mycotoxins about their origin and concept, factors that favor their production, most affected foods, main clinical signs observed in dogs, treatment, and prevention.


Keywords: Canis familiaris, mycotoxicosis, veterinary medicine, animal feed.

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BAHNIUK, G.; CORSINI, L. M.; MÜLLER, M.; PEREIRA, G. M. P.; BATISTA, K. Z. S. Mycotoxins and mycotoxicosis in dogs. Revista de Educação Continuada em Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, v. 19, n. 1, 18 Jun. 2021.
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PATOLOGIA VETERINÁRIA