Mycotoxins: an invisible problem in your hatchery

摘要

Low hatchability, reduced egg quality and impaired chick immunity are common hatchery challenges. Mycotoxins could be the culprit. Mycotoxins are unavoidable contaminants in feed that have toxic effects on bird health.They are highly present in poultry diets worldwide, but due to their often-invisible effects, mycotoxins are frequently overlooked in parent stock farms, with the negative outcomes appearing at the hatcheries.