Ochratoxin:
Its beginnings in Denmark in 1928 led to injuries of up to 7% in pigs and a loss of $ 12 million. The fungus Penicillium virdicatum and then in 1972 in the Balkans were aspergillus ochraceus.
It is produced on oil crops, wheat, barley, and its products, especially peanuts, by Aspergillus ochraceus.
The optimum temperature is 20-530 m and the lethal doses are from 13.4 to 30.3 mg / kg body weight and depending on the type of animal or bird, pigs are the most sensitive animals and poultry are the most birds.
Oxytoxin affects mainly kidneys and causes renal failure and affects the metabolism of carbohydrates in the body as well as its effect on mitochondrial membranes, leading to inhibition.
It affects human health through its effect on the kidney, which causes chronic inflammation and kidney failure and leads to kidney contraction and tumors in the urinary tract.
It affects females more than males and the most endemic countries and the spread of these diseases Balkan countries especially Bulgaria, Romania and Yugoslavia.
Its beginnings in Denmark in 1928 led to injuries of up to 7% in pigs and a loss of $ 12 million. The fungus Penicillium virdicatum and then in 1972 in the Balkans were aspergillus ochraceus.
It is produced on oil crops, wheat, barley, and its products, especially peanuts, by Aspergillus ochraceus.
The optimum temperature is 20-530 m and the lethal doses are from 13.4 to 30.3 mg / kg body weight and depending on the type of animal or bird, pigs are the most sensitive animals and poultry are the most birds.
Oxytoxin affects mainly kidneys and causes renal failure and affects the metabolism of carbohydrates in the body as well as its effect on mitochondrial membranes, leading to inhibition.
It affects human health through its effect on the kidney, which causes chronic inflammation and kidney failure and leads to kidney contraction and tumors in the urinary tract.
It affects females more than males and the most endemic countries and the spread of these diseases Balkan countries especially Bulgaria, Romania and Yugoslavia.
