Mycotoxins and Their Impact on Poultry Health and Productivity

Abstract

They are known as secondary metabolic compounds resulting from fungi. To this day, more than 200 types of mycotoxins have been discovered and diagnosed, and 150 different types of molds producing these toxins have been isolated. The production of mycotoxins is not limited to one group of molds regardless of the compositional classification. Ecological distribution or sex, as these compounds are produced from a diverse group of fungal races when the appropriate temperature and humidity and suitable nutrient medium are available (Danicke, 2002). And that the fungi of the genera of Penicillium, Fusarium, and Aspergillus are among the most important fungi in the field of mycotoxins production at present, and the interest of researchers has focused on many studies on toxins produced from the aforementioned genera (Hammoudi, 2006).