Method for reducing aflatoxins in fodders, meats, milk and derivatives thereof and a composition suitable for said purpose
OwnerMogna Giovanni, Strozzi Paoloinventors
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for reducing drastically and/or eliminating aflatoxins in feeds, thus enabling to produce meat and milk free from aflatoxins, by using specific lactic bacteria eliminating the presence of molds from feeds for cattle nutrition and the subsequent aflatoxin contamination of meats, milk and dairy products; the invention also provides a composition suitable to said purpose.
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A method for eliminating and/or reducing the number of molds responsible for the production of mycotoxins in feeds, characterized in that fodders for preparing said feeds are added with at least a stock of lactobacilli chosen from the group comprising Lactobacillus plantarum LMG P-21020, LMG P-21021, LMG P-21022 and LMG P-21023 and Lactobacillus pentosus LMG P-21019, if necessary in combination with one or more forced hetero-fermentative lactobacilli.
A method for producing cow milk free from aflatoxin M1, characterized in that dairy cows are fed with feeds prepared starting from fodders treated with at least a stock of lactobacilli chosen from the group comprising Lactobacillus plantarum LMG P-21020, LMG P-21021, LMG P-21022 and LMG P-21023 and Lactobacillus pentosus LMG P-21019, if necessary in combination with one or more forced hetero-fermentative lactobacilli.
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A composition of lactobacilli comprising one or more lactobacilli chosen from the group comprising Lactobacillus plantarum LMG P-21020, LMG P-21021, LMG P-21022 and LMG P-21023 and Lactobacillus pentosus LMG P-21019 in combination with one or more forced hetero-fermentative lactobacilli, for treating fodders.
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