Mycotoxicosis of swine. Metabolism and toxicokinetics of their causative mycotoxins

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Published: Nov 30, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/jhvms.15092
Keywords:
Mycotoxicosis swine metabolism toxicokinetics mycotoxins
P. D. TASSIS (Π. Δ. ΤΑΣΣΗΣ)
Clinic of Productive Animal Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
C. ALEXOPOULOS (Κ. ΑΛΕΞΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ)
Clinic of Obstetrics and Artificial Insemination, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
S. K. KRITAS (Σ. Κ. ΚΡΗΤΑΣ)
Laboratory ο Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
E. D. TZIKA (Ε. Δ. ΤΖΗΚΑ)
Clinic of Productive Animal Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
K. SAOULIDIS (Κ. ΣΑΟΥΛΙΔΗΣ)
Clinic of Productive Animal Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
S. C. KYRIAKIS (ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗΣ Σ.Κ.)
Clinic of Productive Animal Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Abstract

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by fungi of various genera, when they grow on agricultural products, especially grains which are mainly used as pig ratios' raw materials, before or after harvest or during transportation or storage. Mycotoxins affect up to 25% of the world's crop production causing extensive economical losses globally. The mycotoxins, which are of high significance for swine populations and are usually found in higher concentrations in swine feed raw materials (cereals, such as corn, barley etc.), are: aflatoxins and especially aflatoxin Bl 5 trichothecenes and principally deoxynivalenol (DON), zearalenone (ZEN), ochratoxins and particularly ochratoxin A (OTA), fumonisins and mainly fumonisin Bj. The fate of a toxin after consumption via feed by pigs depends upon the extent and rate of its absorption, its distribution, its binding or localization in tissues, its biotransformation and its excretion processes, including transmission in swine-derived food products. The rate of each of these events, which contributed to both pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the toxin, is determined by the chemical and physical properties of the compounds and by interaction with tissue responsible of metabolism or elimination. The aim of this review is to emphasize on the basic stages of the metabolism and the pathways of the toxicokinetics of certain mycotoxins. Moreover, the most frequent clinical signs seen in pigs, due to the most important mycotoxins occurring in swine farms, are pointed out.

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