THE POTENTIAL USE OF ZINC OXIDE AS AN ANTI-MYCOTOXIN ELEMENT IN ANIMAL FEED: A SHORT REVIEW

Аннотация

Providing the populace with high-quality animal products is one of the primary goals of contemporary agricultural science and practice. Mycotoxins impact animal health, performance, and product quality and safety through invasion of animal feed materials. Finding effective techniques to reduce mycotoxin in feedstuffs is therefore crucial. The use of generally recognized as safe (GRAS) elements such as zinc has drawn increased attention and seem to be one of the promising safe alternatives instead of synthetic fungicides. In the present short review, the occurrence of mycotoxins in animal feed, the potential use of zinc oxide (ZnO) particles as a feed supplement for farm animals, as well as its anti-fungal properties, were highlighted with the ultimate goal of elucidating the hypothesis of the potential use of ZnO as a mycotoxin-detoxifying element in animal feed.