An expert panel at the 2014 World Nutrition Forum will set the tone for emerging issues and critical research in the development of novel strategies to manage the global mycotoxin issue, according to event organizers.
- Professor Franz Berthiller
of the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Mycotoxin Metabolism and Center for Analytical
Chemistry at the Department for Agrobiotechnology IFA-Tulln will present an
overview of the multiple methods of determination, with a focus on liquid
chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS), the most sensitive and potentially
most accurate mycotoxin determination method to date.
- Dr. Betrand Grenier of
Purdue University and the BIOMIN Research Center in Tulln will share research showing how even low doses of mycotoxins can increase animals’ susceptibility
to diseases, in particular through the effects of mycotoxins on the gut and subsequent
inhibition of immune responses.
- Professor James Pestka of
the Center for Integrative Toxicology at Michigan State University and Dr. Siska
Croubels of the Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Biochemistry at Ghent
University will focus on deoxynivalenol (DON, vomitoxin) and Fusarium toxins. Pestka will highlight
recent findings on the effects on the DON at the hormonal level, specifically
through a mechanism of the enteroendocrine cell hormones that induces satiety in
the gastrointestinal tract. Croubels will address the impact of Fusarium mycotoxins on poultry gut
health by exploring the effects on the intestinal morphology and the barrier
function.
The mycotoxin expert panel
discussion will be held on October 17, 2014, and will be chaired by Dr. Gerd Schatzmayr,
global research director of BIOMIN. The World Nutrition Forum is a premier scientific event organized by
BIOMIN. The 6th World
Nutrition Forum will take place October 15–18, 2014, in Munich, Germany.
