Luiz Victor Ferrato Melo de Carvalho

Dr. Luiz Victor Ferrato Melo de Carvalho

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Academic Career Length

4Years (2023-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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22 July 2023 in Journal of Applied Poultry Research
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KFK.R. Flores
K.R. Flores
LCLuiz Victor Ferrato Melo de Carvalho
Luiz Victor Ferrato Melo de Carvalho
BRB.J. Reading
B.J. Reading
AFA. Fahrenholz
A. Fahrenholz
Peter FerketPeter Ferket
Peter Ferket
JGJesse Grimes
Jesse Grimes

20 December 2025 in Toxins
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AWAlexandra Weaver
Alexandra Weaver
DWDaniel M. Weaver
Daniel M. Weaver
LCLuiz Victor Ferrato Melo de Carvalho
Luiz Victor Ferrato Melo de Carvalho
AYAlex Yiannikouris
Alex Yiannikouris
Mycotoxins are global contaminants of feedstuffs and feeds that are linked to animal health and performance challenges and subsequently lead to economic burden. Negative effects of mycotoxin consumption may increase as a result of multiple mycotoxin co-occurrences. To assess mycotoxin challenge in Europe, a seven-year survey (2018 to 2024) of 1867 samples of grains (barley, maize, and wheat) and 818 forages (maize silage and grass silage) was conducted to assess the simultaneous presence of 54 mycotoxins using ultra-pressure liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. Results were categorized by feedstuff, harvest year, and climatic region to gain insight on mycotoxin occurrence, concentration and co-occurrence. Grains contained a mean 3.6 to 6.7 mycotoxin types per sample, while silages contained 3.1 to 6.0. Barley in the Nordic climate region had some of the highest Fusarium mycotoxin concentrations, while maize silage had consistently higher mycotoxin concentrations across all climate regions. The B trichothecenes and emerging mycotoxins had the highest rates of co-occurrence (52.4% to 74.2% of samples) in grains and maize silage. Co-occurrence data can serve as an initial framework for identifying or reasserting known environmental conditions that favor mycotoxin biosynthesis in distinct fungal taxa and for refining risk assessment of animals simultaneously exposed to multiple mycotoxins. Collectively, this survey shows that mycotoxin contamination and co-occurrence in grains and silages from Europe is expected, with differences occurring by feedstuff type and climatic region.